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Pro-Russian demonstrators staged an Immortal Regiment rally in Washington, D.C, on May 3 to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, representatives of NFO Ukrainian Cultural Front D.C. reported on Facebook. It was the first Immortal Regiment rally in the U.S. capital in six years. Ukrainian nationals staged a protest in response. […]
A coalition of civil rights groups have launched a weeklong initiative to condemn Donald Trump’s attacks on Black history, including recent executive orders targeting the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington DC. The national Freedom to Learn campaign is being led by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), a social […]
The U.S. fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting six high-level Chinese and Hong Kong officials over what it described as acts of transnational repression for their crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and on U.S. soil. The move was the first significant step by the new Trump administration to […]
Appalachia, which spans from southern New York to northern Mississippi, usually evokes images of white working-class people, as depicted in JD Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy. But it’s little known to people outside of the region that there’s a robust community of Black organizers who are rewriting the narrative of what it means . . […]
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Academics, lawyers and activists have voiced support for a law professor who says she was pressured to leave Columbia University for her advocacy for pro-Palestinian students. “Effective today, I have reached an agreement with Columbia University that relieves me of my obligations to teach or participate in faculty governance after serving on the Columbia law […]
The skies above the White House were cold and grey. Joe Biden greeted the championship winning Boston Celtics basketball team, quipping about his Irish ancestry and tossing a basketball into the crowd. But the US president could not resist drawing a wider lesson. “When we get knocked down, we get back up,”
This week, The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative hosted its second annual Brick Awards Gala (SIGBI) in New York City! SIGBI is the official and only nonprofit of The Stonewall Inn bar which aims to spread the legacy of the historic LGBTQ landmark and promote safe spaces and housing for members of the community. Peppermint […]
If fossil fuel dependency is a global addiction, climate activists are prophets trying to save us from our stupor The Guardian Source link
DAWSON, Ga. — The Rev. Ezekiel Holley was in his early 20s when white supremacists burned down two Baptist churches in Terrell County, Georgia. Local activists had used the spaces to organize a few years before the Civil Rights Movement won federal protections for Black Americans at the ballot box. So four years ago, when […]