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Corinto (Colombia) (AFP) – Cattle nonchalantly graze near a dilapidated farm on partly charred and abandoned sugarcane fields. In the fertile Cauca valley in Colombia’s southwest, Nasa Indigenous people have been forcibly occupying farmland, claiming to be putting to an end damaging monoculture in the country’s main sugarcane growing area. These sudden eruptions have provoked […]
In 2020, 75 percent of all overdose deaths involved an opioid. Dominick Reuter / AFP via Getty Images A new report from the CDC found that during the first year of the pandemic, drug overdose death rates rose substantially in Black and Native American populations in the U.S. From 2019 to 2020, overdose fatalities increased by […]
Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma. Francis flew from Rome to Edmonton, […]
The recent decision of the U.S Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade judgement, which guaranteed a constitutional right for women to have the liberty to choose abortion, has engendered a huge debate. Many activists and academicians say that this decision will erase years of efforts that women had put into getting a constitutional […]
Stephanie Cunningham, Cofounder and Executive Director of Museum Hue. Nzingah Oyo, Photographer After working at several reputable mainstream museums across New York City, which include the Brooklyn Museum, New-York Historical Society, and the National September 11 Museum & Memorial, Stephanie Cunningham began to notice museums and cultural sites within communities of color that were not […]
By Special to the AFRO A distinguished panel of nine international jurists has released its detailed final verdict finding the United States guilty of genocide against Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples. The jury found the United States guilty on five counts, based on testimony and documents presented at last October’s historic human-rights tribunal held in […]
Partnership to control over 1,000,000 acres in Colombia focused on Industrial Hemp Production #HempIsTheNewPlastic (TM) LAS VEGAS, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ISIAH International, LLC and One World Products, Inc. (OTCQB: OWPC), the largest Black-controlled, fully-licensed hemp and cannabis producer in Colombia, today announced an unprecedented and significant agreement with the National Association of Mayors of […]
The Gran Chaco, a dry forest that stretches across Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina, is one of the fastest-disappearing ecosystems on the planet, having lost 20% of forest cover between 2000 and 2019, according to a recent study. The Chaco is home to the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode, one of the only known “uncontacted” Indigenous groups in South America […]
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, Indian Country Today, and High Country News. Indigenous communities around the world face an alarming quartet: state violence, human rights abuses, harmful conservation practices, and extractive industries. All these issues and more will be addressed at the 21st […]
Originally, they had planned for the trailer to become Kahlhamer’s studio within the Mesa Swap Meet. “We would have a 24/7 video to record all the interactions with him and the Swap Meet community and transients,” Boas continued, “a social practice project where Brad worked on his nomadic notebooks and interacted with folks.” Ultimately, they […]