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Climate activists painted murals on two blocks of San Francisco streets
Read more: Climate activists painted murals on two blocks of San Francisco streetsClimate activists took to the streets in San Francisco and painted murals directly on two blocks of the city Financial District’s main thoroughfare. The murals on Montgomery Street were painted as part of the Strike for Climate Justice protest that…
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#NoFutureNoChildren
Read more: #NoFutureNoChildrenAs leaders across the world are getting ready to gather together to discuss climate change—and what to do about it—at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York next week, hundreds of young people across the world are going on…
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NYU Students’ Response to COVID-19 Housing Closure
Read more: NYU Students’ Response to COVID-19 Housing ClosureThis was a protest posted on Change.org in response to NYU’s forced eviction deadline on students living in on-campus housing. The following was the information posted on the site: We, the undergraduate student body of New York University, strongly urge…
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FloodNet
Read more: FloodNetFloodNet was a conceptual artwork and a tool for online collective action. Developed by the collective Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT), it took the form of a Java applet that allowed users to send useless requests or personalized messages to a…
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Balloons Not Bars
Read more: Balloons Not Bars“Formerly incarcerated people, activists and family members of people detained on Rikers Island released dozens of white balloons into the air from the base of the Rikers Island Bridge. The balloons, each one representing someone who had died at Rikers,…
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FEMALE WORKERS AT SHOP IN JAPAN ASKED TO WEAR BADGES IF ON THEIR PERIOD TO COMBAT STIGMA
Read more: FEMALE WORKERS AT SHOP IN JAPAN ASKED TO WEAR BADGES IF ON THEIR PERIOD TO COMBAT STIGMAFemale staff members at a new shop in Osaka, Japan are being encouraged to wear badges to indicate when they’re on their period to tackle the stigma surrounding menstruation in the country. Women working at the Michi Kake store, which…
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In Mexico, Women Go on Strike Nationwide to Protest Violence
Read more: In Mexico, Women Go on Strike Nationwide to Protest ViolenceMEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of women vanished from streets, offices and classrooms across Mexico on Monday, part of a nationwide strike to protest the violence they suffer and to demand government action against it. The women’s absence from…
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Documentary Vietnam, Puerto Rico
Read more: Documentary Vietnam, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico doesn’t know what’s going on here, and if they do, they’re ignoring us.” So opens Gabriel Miranda’s documentary Vietnam, Puerto Rico. Focused on the coastal community of Vietnam, which is located in the Guaynabo, the doc tells the…
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At the Age of Coronavirus: Rise of Xenophobia and Anti-Asian Racism
Read more: At the Age of Coronavirus: Rise of Xenophobia and Anti-Asian RacismThe global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian discrimination has followed closely behind, manifesting in plummeting sales at…
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Immortal Fans
Read more: Immortal FansFrom this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27632527 A campaign by one of Brazil’s biggest football clubs to encourage fans to become organ donors has led to a massive rise in the number of life-changing transplants and reduced waiting lists for organs in the…
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Book Burning Party – Troy Library
Read more: Book Burning Party – Troy LibraryTroy, Michigan couldn’t afford to keep its library open, so it scheduled a vote for a tax increase. A strong anti-tax group waged a dominating campaign against it. Posing as a political group, an outside advertising agency posted signs around…
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Bullying Jr.
Read more: Bullying Jr.Scrawny. Short. Ugly. Fat. Weird. 30% of school kids worldwide are bullied each year and bullying is the #1 act of violence against young people in America today. The BURGER KING® brand is known for putting the crown on everyone’s…