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It Is Nelson Mandela’s 93rd Birthday; Devote 67 Minutes of Your Day or Your Week to Public Service and Charities

• July 18, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Love, South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, World History
Tags: "Invictus", Africa, African National Congress, ANC, Frailty, Freedom, Human Rights, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Madiba, Morgan Freeman, Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize, Old Age, Old Guard, Privy Councillor, Qunu, Security, South Africa, Thembu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Xhosa

“King: Montgomery to Memphis” Documentary Comes Out of The Vaults After a 40 Year Absence

• February 24, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Film, Hate Crimes, National Issues, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "King: Montgomery to Memphis", 1955, African Americans, Black Power, Blacks, Desegregation, Documentary, Ellen Holly, Film Documentary, Freedom, James Earl Jones, Kwame Turé, Martin Luther King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, National Film Registry, Racism, Racists, Ruby Dee, Scott Walker, Segregationists, Sidney Lumet, Social Justice, Stokely Carmichael, The Black Power Movement, The Cheesehead Pharoah, The Civil Rights Movement, The Fifties, The New York Times, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin

“Somewhere” is Here and Now

• February 13, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, Algeria, American Foreign Policy, American History, Arabs, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Egypt, Film, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Revolutions, Spirituality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tunisia, World History
Tags: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", "Somewhere", "The White Queen of Soul", "West Side Story", African Americans, Algeria, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Birmingham AL, Blacks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dusty Springfield, Egypt, Freedom, Governor Walker, Kennedy Center Honors, Love, Martin Luther King, Miss Re, Miss Re Re, Pell Grant, Quincy Jones, Right-to-Work, Roberta Flack, Scott Walker, Self-Worth, The Nineties, The Seventies, Tunisia, Wisconsin

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In Charleston, S.C., Saving Historic Homes Means Hoisting Them in the Air July 24, 2021
A city known for extraordinary architecture is coming to terms with intensifying storms, a rising sea and streets that flood with distressing regularity.
Why Some Americans Are Still Hesitant to Get Vaccinated July 26, 2021
The U.S. vaccine rollout has plateaued and the course of the coronavirus pandemic in this country may depend on how many people are ultimately swayed to get vaccinated.
Photo From The Bootleg Fire: America's Largest Wildfire July 26, 2021
Small fires burned inside hollowed-out trees. Smoke rose from the blackened dirt. On the edge of the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, firefighters worked to halt the advance of the flames.
What to Know About the Heat Waves July 30, 2021
In most parts of the United States, temperatures must be above the historical average in an area for two or more days before the label “heat wave” is applied.
233 Staff at 2 San Francisco Hospitals Test Positive in July July 31, 2021
Vaccinations warded off severe Covid for most of the workers, who tested positive this month; two required hospitalization.
Provincetown's Covid Outbreak Shows 'It's Nowhere Near Over' July 31, 2021
Provincetown, Mass., the quirky community at the tip of Cape Cod, thought it was safe to return to prepandemic partying. It wasn’t.
Frenchy Cannoli, Ardent Evangelist for Hashish, Dies at 64 July 31, 2021
He left France at 18 for a nearly two-decade sojourn to India, Nepal, Mexico and Morocco to learn the secrets of making hash and became an authority.
Who Are the Unvaccinated in America? There’s No One Answer. July 31, 2021
One segment of people who have avoided shots is vehemently opposed to the idea. But there is a second group, surveys suggest, that is still deciding.

The Guardian, UK

Herat residents fear Taliban in their homes and workplaces as it masses outside city July 31, 2021
Western Afghan city all but under siege, prompting companies to hide documents in case staff are targetedOrganisations in the western Afghan city of Herat have begun removing important documents because of fears they could be used to target employees if seized by the Taliban, after three days of fighting raged around the city.Herat airport was closed by batt […]
Tulsa race massacre: 19 bodies reinterred as protesters demand criminal investigation July 31, 2021
Bullet found with one set of remains that showed traumaAnthropologist tells crowd: ‘We are not done’The bodies of 19 people exhumed from an Oklahoma cemetery during a search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre were reburied in a closed ceremony on Friday, despite objections from protesters outside the cemetery. Related: ‘I work with the dead. But thi […]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: men’s golf, athletics, boxing and more – live! August 1, 2021
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageSign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefingIn pictures: the best images from day eight in TokyoGet in touch! Email Tom, tweet or comment below 1.01am BST We have a guaranteed silver (at least) for GB in the boxing for welterweight Pat McCormack after his Irish opponent, Aidan Walsh, withdrew from th […]
Tourists rescued from burning Med resorts by flotilla of boats July 31, 2021
Six dead from wildfires raging across Turkey, Italy and Greece as temperatures hit 40CHolidaymakers have been evacuated from beaches by rescue boats in Turkey after wildfires threatened hotels in the Aegean resort of Bodrum.Coastguard vessels were joined by private boats and yachts to bring the tourists to safety, according to Turkish media on Saturday. Vide […]
A year after Beirut blast, Lebanon sinks deep into mire of corruption July 31, 2021
The response to the explosion in August 2020 has been marked by chaos and paralysis in what is now a failed stateAt ground zero of Lebanon’s apocalypse a stench of dead rats seeps from hulking piles of rotting grain. Broken silos teeter above, their sides ripped apart by the catastrophic blast that also broke the soul of Beirut; the contents that should have […]
US consultants lined up to run fund that owns Israeli spyware company NSO July 31, 2021
Investors in talks to transfer management of Novalpina Capital to Berkeley Research Group, following long-running disputePublic investors in the private equity firm that owns a majority stake in the Israeli spyware company NSO Group are in talks to transfer management of that fund to Berkeley Research Group, a US consulting firm. Related: US voices concern w […]
Refugees hit hardest as deadly floods sweep across continents July 31, 2021
Death toll rises as storms continue to rip through communities, destroying homes and livelihoodsAs heavy rains and floods dominate headlines around the world, displaced people and those living in conflict zones are among the worst affected. Wind and heavy rain from monsoons and typhoons has bombarded much of Asia. There have also been downpours and flash flo […]
Trump tries to defend ‘just say the election was corrupt’ demand July 31, 2021
Ex-president claims he was not trying to subvert democracyTrump restates election lie that fraud to blame for Biden winGiuliani: ‘I committed no crime’ while working for TrumpWhat did Jim Jordan know about the insurrection and when?Donald Trump insisted on Saturday that when he told senior justice department officials to “Just say that the election was corru […]

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Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities July 31, 2021
Fears rise of a humanitarian crisis as Islamist militants seek to capture major Afghan urban areas.
Anti-eviction lawmaker camps overnight on US Capitol steps July 31, 2021
Cori Bush fears millions of US tenants could be at risk if an eviction freeze is allowed to expire.
Israel accuses Iran over deadly oil tanker attack July 31, 2021
The country's foreign minister blames "Iranian terrorism" for an attack that left two people dead.
SolarWinds: Top US prosecutors hit by suspected Russian hack July 31, 2021
It is feared hackers may have accessed sensitive legal files during last year's SolarWinds breach.
Simone Biles: Tokyo Olympics gymnast withdraws from two more events July 31, 2021
American Simone Biles pulls out of the vault and uneven bars gymnastics finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Billie Eilish opens up on internet trolls July 31, 2021
Eilish tells Amfo of her frustration with internet criticism in a new documentary to be broadcast on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympics: Belinda Bencic wins gold but Novak Djokovic leaves with no medals July 31, 2021
Belinda Bencic wins gold in the women's Olympic tennis, but racquet-smashing Novak Djokovic leaves without a medal.
Tokyo Olympics: Elaine Thompson-Herah successfully defends 100m title July 31, 2021
Elaine Thompson-Herah became the second-fastest woman in history as she beat fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to retain her Olympic 100m title.