In 2015, a former Black woman lawyer, April Reign, created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite on Twitter to bring special attention to the extreme lack of diversity in the Academy Award nominations, especially for actors of color, female and male, in lead and supporting role categories. In that year, all of the . . .
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Demonstrators gathered in Philadelphia on Jan. 15 in front of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Mid-Atlantic Region, with signs and Puerto Rican flags. Speaker after speaker criticized the Trump administration for refusing to allow $18 billion in post-hurricane aid to be sent to the U.S. island colony. . . .
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The United Nations Environment Programme recently released a report called “UN Environment 2019: A Review of 20 Years’ Air Pollution Control in Beijing.” It sheds new light on the astounding cleanup of air pollution in China’s bustling capital city of 22 million people. The report summarizes a treasure trove of . . .
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Kennesaw State students in Georgia affirm Dr. M.L. King’s anti-war legacy on Jan. 16. Kennesaw, Ga. Outraged progressive students at Kennesaw State University protested on Jan. 16 because a vice president of military-industrial giant Lockheed Martin was the invited keynote speaker at KSU’s Dr. King Legacy Luncheon. Students held a . . .
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Jerome Coffey Philadelphia If prisoners can’t report about the conditions they are forced to endure, prison officials can get away with murder. That’s why, when prison staff punished incarcerated activist Jerome Coffey with solitary confinement for writing an article critical of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC), it was important . . .
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WW photo: Stevan Kirschbaum Boston, USA A capacity crowd of 600-plus people – plus an additional 250 overflow – packed Roxbury Community College Jan. 9 to celebrate the life of Charles Henry “Chuck” Turner II. The “People’s City Councilor” passed away Dec. 25 following a long battle with cancer. He . . .
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