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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 […]
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), a federal entitlement program, with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a work-conditioned and time-limited benefit administered by states through a federal block grant program capped at $16.5 billion per year. TANF evolved from a series of state-level […]
By Isaiah Peters | St. Louis American | Word In Black Photograph courtesy of Emily Rose/Pexels. (WIB) – The FINA committee banned the caps for not following “the natural form of the head” for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The ruling meant the caps were not eligible or certified for international competition. After more than a year following […]
The ruling deeming swim caps not following “the natural form of the head” has been repealed. (Photograph courtesy of Emily Rose/Pexels.) By Isaiah Peters The FINA committee banned the caps for not following “the natural form of the head” for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The ruling meant the caps were not eligible or certified for international competition. […]
The FINA committee banned the caps for not following “the natural form of the head” for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The ruling meant the caps were not eligible or certified for international competition. After more than a year following their rejection of Soul Caps in July 2021, the caps are now approved. The U.S. team […]
The FINA committee banned the caps for not following “the natural form of the head” for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The ruling meant the caps were not eligible or certified for international competition. After more than a year following their rejection of Soul Caps in July 2021, the caps are now approved. The U.S. team […]
The FINA committee banned the caps for not following “the natural form of the head” for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The ruling meant the caps were not eligible or certified for international competition. After more than a year following their rejection of Soul Caps in July 2021, the caps are now approved. The U.S. team […]
With views from the intersection of wackness and anti-blackness, here’s a roundup of the crazy and the WTF happenings in government and the impact on the culture. 99 Views After her first bid to become the governor of Georgia in 2018, Stacey Abrams announced that she planned to sue over the way the state’s elections […]
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Jim Schmersahl, owner of Halcyon Shades, poses with a machine used to make N-95 masks Friday, March 18, in University City, Mo. Halcyon is small company that normally makes window shades, but when the pandemic hit, its sales plummeted. Halcyon applied for the state grants to make PPE as […]
CNN — The governors of Iowa and Nebraska announced last week interagency initiatives to donate police protective gear, including military-grade equipment such as helmets and vests, to Ukraine to help civilians defend themselves against Russia’s invasion. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said his . . .