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#HateIsAVirus
Read more: #HateIsAVirusActivists fighting coronavirus-driven hate crimes are rallying on social media to turn masks into a symbol, rather than a target in racist attacks Jeff Elder Apr 6, 2020, 2:03 PM Activists against COVID-19-related hate crimes are leading a social media…
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Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists Fight
Read more: Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists FightFridays for Future strikers around the world shared their demands for bold climate action online Friday as many youth activists heeded public health experts’ recommendations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic by eschewing public protests in favor of digital…
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Coronavirus: Activists launch ‘digital protest’ to end US sanctions on Iran
Read more: Coronavirus: Activists launch ‘digital protest’ to end US sanctions on IranActivists have started an online campaign to pressure US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to lift sanctions on Iran to help it contain the spread of coronavirus. Coronavirus: Are US sanctions hurting Iran’s response to the pandemic? The hashtag #EndCOVIDSanctions was…
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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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Caged ‘Children’ Appear Throughout Des Moines Amid Iowa Caucus to Remind Voters of ‘The Terrors Enacted in Your Name’
Read more: Caged ‘Children’ Appear Throughout Des Moines Amid Iowa Caucus to Remind Voters of ‘The Terrors Enacted in Your Name’Caucus-goers in Des Moines will arrive to a disturbing sight on Monday, with dozens of chain-link cages appearing to hold migrant children cropping up across the city overnight. On Monday, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services…
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Under the same sky
Read more: Under the same sky“Under the Same Sky” bearing the name and the first part of my project completed. I collected the letters written to 40 Armenian young people from 40 random Turkish young people. The mutual translations of all letters and video subtitles…
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Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test
Read more: Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren’s DNA TestWASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was positioned to make a strong bid for president in 2020, but she infuriated tribal leaders by releasing the results of a DNA test to prove her Native ancestry and now her future is…
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Perigives
Read more: PerigivesThe public bathrooms at Penn Station in New York City are a dirty, depressing place. But now, there’s a bright spot: a poster that encourages women to donate menstrual products, like pads or tampon, to help the many homeless women…
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‘They Lied to us’: Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder
Read more: ‘They Lied to us’: Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murderVALDOSTA, Ga. — On an October morning in 2018, Eleanor Holmes and her husband left home to run an errand and found two men inside their front gate. They introduced themselves as detectives from Orlando, Florida, and said they needed…
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What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?
Read more: What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?It’s been a historic year for women. There are more serving in Congress than ever before, and a record number are currently running for president in 2020. But even with these significant gains, women—both in the U.S. and around the…