TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — It’s become an ominous fixture of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel: a coil of women in crimson robes and white caps, walking heads bowed and hands clasped. They are dressed as characters from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and the eponymous TV series.The women, growing in numbers…
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A mountain of evidence has displayed a lack of health research concerning the black population. This has led to their care being inaccurate since it is based on research conducted on individuals of European descent. Instances like these have created a space for the healthcare system to make inferences on how to treat black individuals…
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Toxic men monetizing hate, and the women who enable them.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXALsYRj2Ec&ab_channel=ForHarriet[/embed] Yep. They lie and make you regret being nice to them at all. I am vetting people much more carefully now. Next brother who claims to be Afroscientific or Kemetic is going to be quizzed on the practical application of the Affirmations of Ma’at. No more of these “pastor says” Pagans who never actually…
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Homo/Transphobia in the African American community, and how Black Trans women face exponentially more violence and discrimination because of it.
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Why I don’t believe that hate speech is truly done due to actual belief. These are people trying to gain money, clout, and either social or spiritual power through blood sacrifice.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrROiQn2lU&ab_channel=K.Sis.NicoleLasher%28Ibtisam70%29[/embed] Why I don’t believe that hate speech is truly done due to actual belief. These are people trying to gain money, clout, and either social or spiritual power through blood sacrifice.
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Washington (March 7, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Cori Bush (MO-01), Greg Casar (TX-35), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Barbara Lee (CA-12), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) today reintroduced the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act, legislation to prevent the government from using facial recognition and other biometric technologies, which pose significant privacy and civil liberties issues and disproportionately harm marginalized communities.
“The year is 2023, but we are living through 1984. The continued proliferation of surveillance tools like facial recognition technologies in our society is deeply disturbing,” said Senator Markey. “Biometric data collection poses serious risks of privacy invasion and discrimination, and Americans know they should not have to forgo personal privacy for safety. As we…
Read moreWhile the HBCU boasts a commitment to Black gender-oppressed people, alumni say that destroying a critical ecosystem to invest millions in police terror is the highest degree of antiblackness.
Cop City, as it has been dubbed by local activists and community leaders, represents an existential threat to the lives of not just Atlantans, but people all over the world. Truly, Cop City is a threat to the safety and well-being of the Spelman community itself. Source: Spelman College Alumni: Cop City represents an existential…
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Mariel Fernandez (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)What Florida Stands to Lose from Its War on Books and Black History By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director Public education has been taken hostage in Florida. And the state legislature and governor’s feverish campaign to strictly limit what facts and information can be accessed in public learning institutions is the driving force behind this […]
Public education has been taken hostage in Florida. And the state legislature and governor’s feverish campaign to strictly limit what facts and information can be accessed in public learning institutions is the driving force behind this egregious incursion.The impact of this campaign, put into motion through a series of targeted and often discriminatory laws, is…
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In 2018, Alex Casey spoke to Georgina Beyer, the world’s first transgender mayor and MP, about her extraordinary life.
This interview contains references to sexual assault and suicide, please take care. Sex work and politics are pretty much the same trade, according to Georgina Beyer at least. During her time as an MP, she would strut through the halls of parliament, calling her comrades to arms by asking them if they were all ready…
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