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Joanne HarrisFriday 28 April 2023 A report published in March by global civil society alliance CIVICUS, which monitors civic space freedoms, has downgraded 15 countries – including several nations widely seen as democracies, such as the UK. The UK’s rating fell from ‘narrowed’ to ‘repressed’ after a year in which its government published a series […]
Freedom ripples as an undercurrent through the works of the British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien. For four decades, he has produced boundary-stretching works addressing racism, homophobia, migration and colonialism, from experimental documentaries to lavish multiscreen installations; in all of them an activist spirit is counterbalanced with opulent imagery and sound. Some critics have found […]
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP MUJUK, South Korea – U.S. Marines deployed from Japan and the United States ahead of large-scale combined exercise with their Republic of Korea Marine Corps counterparts, here. Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, Japan, and Marines from 1st Marine Division, I MEF, joined their ROK counterparts to form […]
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen imprisoned by Iran on spying charges the United States rejects as baseless gave a rare interview from Tehran’s Evin prison on Thursday beseeching U.S. President Joe Biden to secure his release and that of two other American nationals. “I implore you, sir, to put the lives and […]
A quick PSA with more to follow By Ryan Keefer on February 27, 2023 7:00 am Hi there. We’ve talked awhile back about how we’re going to be no longer supported by Vox, and were developing plans around that. So, in sum, we have. We’ve moved over to The District Press, where you’ll find content […]
New York’s first Black lawyer, a man of many talents, was an abolitionist twice spurned by a bar association in his home state of Pennsylvania, on grounds of his race. George Boyer Vashon was admitted to the New York Bar in January 1848, according to the Historical Society of the New York Courts, the African American Registry, various press […]
February is Black History Month, which is a time to honor and acknowledge notable Black Americans and their contributions to society. In 2022, a thread on Twitter shared during Black History Month claimed that the nation’s first paramedics were a team of Black men. A paramedic is a healthcare professional . . .
The Freedom House Ambulance Service, staffed by Black paramedics in Pittsburgh, was the first ambulance service to offer emergency medical treatment in the U.S. February is Black History Month, which is a time to honor and acknowledge notable Black Americans and their contributions to society. In 2022, a thread on Twitter shared during Black History […]
Comment on this story Comment Charles E. Schumer, a Democrat from New York, is Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. This column is adapted from remarks to be delivered Friday at the Munich Security Conference. My dear friend, the late Sen. John McCain, was a regular at the Munich Security Conference for four decades. In […]