Category: War
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation’s highest-ranking national security leaders, according to three officials who were in the room. #Trump#Nukes#Politics#War Brazilian court freezes former…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to activist, veteran, religious scholar, author, and pastor…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones “People don’t survive 20 years of incarceration with any kind of grace unless they have the discipline to do their reading and writing in the chaos of that place,” Ms. Jones said. “Forget Harvard. I’ve already graduated from the toughest school there is.” #Women#Massincarceration#Havard#Prison…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Aaron Mair
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to environmentalist, activist, Navy veteran, and the former…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
CAN JAMES MATTIS STOP TRUMP’S TRANSGENDER BAN IN THE MILITARY? Regardless of the study’s finding, as of March 23, 2018, Trump’s order will roll back President Barack Obama’s June 2016 policy that allows transgendered troops to serve openly. All money going to fund sex reassignment surgery for service members will be stopped by that date,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Phoenix police fire tear gas at anti-Trump protesters Thousands in Phoenix decry president as he holds the first event since deadly white supremacist violence in Charlottesville. #TrumpRally#Phoenix#PoliceState#Politics Brazil scraps Amazon reserve to allow mining The government of Brazil has abolished a vast national reserve bigger than the size of Denmark to open the…
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Am I a Gentrifier?
gen·tri·fi·ca·tion noun the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste. the process of making a person or activity more refined or polite. I love my hometown of Chicago. For all its faults, it’s the city that raised and educated me, both in the classroom and on…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump Faces ‘Uncomfortable Conversations’ With World Leaders at G20 Summit “The G20 agenda is set for some uncomfortable conversations,” Charles Kupchan, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow, told NBC News. “It will be dominated by climate change, by free trade, by immigration, and these are issues where Trump is — more or less —…
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How to educate White Folks about race in the Post-Obama Era
In 2008, the liberal talking heads and political pundits gleefully claimed ‘the not so surprise’ ascent of presidential candidate and the eventual 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Obama represented a new ‘post-racial’ America. I guess, America became post-racial once a critical mass of white people was comfortable enough to vote for…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Reza Aslan
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to New York Times best-selling author, professor, public…
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