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‘As the daughter of Kenyan Indian immigrants, I’ve grown up believing the outdoors is somewhere I don’t belong’ Perspective by Dhruti Shah September 17, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Fermatta Conteh, center, walks in the woods on a trip organized by Climate Reframe, near Lewes in East Sussex, England. (Elizabeth Dalziel for The Washington Post) […]
CNN — Whether she’s shooting an advertising campaign for Nike or a photo spread for Vogue, photographer Bassie Maluleka’s images will likely have a common theme. That’s by design. By highlighting Black women, she seeks to bring an often-underrepresented demographic to the forefront. “I feel like Black people are always shown in light of struggle, […]
Simone Biles began her quest to win a record eighth United States title with a bang. Biles ended the first day of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships with a lead of nearly three points. As CNN reported, with a win in the championships, Biles would become the first gymnast to win eight U.S. all around titles. […]
Aug 14, 2023, 06:45 AM ET SUNNY CHOI, the top-ranked B-girl in America, emerges from backstage at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom with the confidence of a boxer. Cheerfully skipping past thousands, she hops onto a large, round platform in her typical uniform: a loose, black T-shirt semi-tucked into baggy black track pants, with her […]
Life expectancy is one of the oldest and surest indicators we have of both human suffering and human progress. Wars, famines, the 1918 flu, vaccines, pasteurization, rising crop yields — so many events over time are encoded in the line of life expectancy, but its overall astonishing ascent is among the best cases for 20th-century […]
Story Links DURHAM – The quest for Duke sophomore Kat Rader and the United States Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team begins Wednesday for the 2023 Concacaf Championship in the Dominican Republic. The first match for the USA will be Wednesday at 7 p.m., live on FS1 against Panama. Qualifying will take […]
Under the intense desert sun, hundreds of migrants crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico last week following a rumor the United States would let them enter — victims of another case of disinformation. Claims spread by word of mouth and through social media that US authorities had opened a gate on the US border […]
Mighty Quest Rogue Palace is coming on April 18, available exclusively for Netflix members. In this roguelite action mobile game, the King has fallen into an endless slumber, and the Kingdom is on the brink of falling into oblivion. To save the Kingdom, you’ll need to enter the King’s mind palace and hack and slash […]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — What is the weight of history? For Stephanie Wright, it’s as slight as the thinnest of books, a 259-page volume that has upended her life for months and set her on an unusual and determined quest for recognition. She appealed to the Justice Department and some of the highest-ranking officials and […]
A conflict between Somali unionists and secessionists was spawned by a U.S. attempt to acquire a military base. War and a humanitarian crisis are the end result. In the February 8th, 2023, edition of Black Agenda Report, I wrote about a brutal war in Northern Somalia fueled by America’s quest for an imperial base. The struggle is […]