Tag: History
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025 Once hunted for their eggs and decorative shells, green turtles have been rescued from the brink of extinction. Thanks to decades of conservation efforts, from releasing hatchlings on beaches to reducing accidental capture in fishing nets, green turtle populations have rebounded. The species was this year moved…
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Forever Young
“I still get carded at the grocery store!” Many folks my age or a little younger will exclaim this with glee when they get an ID check if they buy booze or cigarettes. Maybe the cashier is just doing their job, and you actually don’t look like you’re under 21. Stores don’t wanna lose their…
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The Evolved Woman of the Week: BriGette McCoy
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Woman of the Week” profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. Today’s honor goes to the Gulf War veteran and doctoral student at Georgia…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
China won’t back Brazil rainforest fund, points to rich nations’ lack of support: reports That argument has long guided China’s approach to international climate talks. Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, Beijing has argued that its developing-country status exempted it from donor obligations. It has often resisted joining multilateral funds as a donor, preferring…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Dr. Robert D. Bullard
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the American academic, sociologist, veteran, and activist Dr.…
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American Horror Story
It’s spooky season, and the United States is as scary as ever. There are ICE raids on civilian dwellings. There are billions of tax dollars going to fund multiple genocides across the globe. AI slop videos are flooding social media, further disrupting reality, and millions of Americans are facing hunger because of an inept and…
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We Livin’ in a Police State
The United States is the “so-called” Land of the Free, but that’s just a fancy tagline. During the antebellum South, the modern-day police could trace their origins to the slave patrols. These patrols captured runaway slaves and returned them to their enslavers. Sometimes, these slave patrollers would kidnap free black people to sell them into…
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The Evolved Woman of the Week: Cee Cee Lyles
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Woman of the Week” profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the flight attendant and hero, Cee Cee Lyles.…
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The Evolved Woman of the Week: Dr. Thessalonika Arzu Embry
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Woman of the Week” profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the CEO of Learnday, OneTwentyEdu, and Thessalonika A.…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
“Designed as Death Traps”: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes As more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed seeking aid at militarized aid distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a former GHF security contractor tells Democracy Now! he saw U.S. mercenaries and Israeli forces commit war crimes…
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