Category: War
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump is reinvigorating the American left We don’t yet know what the effects of all this activism will be in the long run. But I have zero doubt that in years to come there will be Democratic mayors, governors, senators and maybe even a president or two who will say, “Why did I get involved…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
In Canada, You Can Now Use Bills With a Black Woman on Them While Americans are still waiting to deposit Harriet Tubmans in their bank accounts, our neighbors to the north have just unveiled a new $10 bill that features their own civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond. #Canada#CivilRights#BlackGirlMagic#ViolaDesmond UN moves towards recognising human right…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve “Black Panther’s villain wants to liberate black people everywhere, which in the Marvel Universe earns him death. That’s racist. #BlackPanther#HonestMovieReview#BlackLiberation Iran plane crash wreckage found on mountainside The crashed plane was 25 years old, Iran’s civil aviation organisation said. Sixty passengers, two security guards, two flight attendants…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘We’ve seen the worst of humanity,’ Florida school official says as 17 killed in campus shooting A former student who had been expelled for disciplinary reasons opened fire at a South Florida high school Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding at least a dozen others, authorities said. The suspected gunman, Nikolas Cruz, 19, was quickly…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Doris Miller
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure who embodied what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s…
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The Social Justice Warrior
What is a Social Justice Warrior? Social– relating to society or its organization. Justice– the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments meting out justice -social justice. Warrior– a person engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly: a person involved in some struggle or conflict -poverty warrior…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Jerusalem: UN resolution rejects Trump’s declaration The votes for the resolution from powerful US allies, such as France, Germany and the UK, could be seen as a slap in the face for President Trump – but all would argue that they simply voted in line with the existing status quo at the UN. There was…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression. T The result is that millennials of color are even more exposed to disaster than their peers. Many white millennials have an iceberg of accumulated wealth from their parents and grandparents that they can draw on for help with tuition,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Defiant Donald Trump confirms US will recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel Donald Trump has defied overwhelming global opposition by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted that the highly controversial move would not derail his own administration’s bid to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. #Trump#MiddleEast#Jerusalem#Politics#Conflict The Libyan Slave Trade Has Shocked the World. Here’s…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
White House defends Trump’s Muslim tweet by mentioning travel ban White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah on Wednesday defended the president’s decision to retweet anti-Muslim videos from a far-right British account by saying the president has consistently prioritized national security, including through his travel order. #Trump#MuslimBan#Twitter#NoWallNoBan What You Don’t Know, But Should, About the Slave…
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