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I was preparing for an interview this afternoon: it was a job that I’d recently applied for (unrelated to the subject of this diary) and I was Zoom-Interview ready. While I was waiting, at the suggestion of one of my friends, I asked a local mayoral...
by shespeakspolitics
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on Mon May 20, 2024 at 02:42 PM PDT
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WE all, myself included vent a lot on here and other places including our homes and around some people but the truth is after reading about Alito, and seeing Trump love, the state of affairs of hate and lawlessness has been normalized. People have been...
by Vetwife
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on Fri May 17, 2024 at 08:43 AM PDT
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Thanks to doomandgloom’s article ANTI-CAPITALIST SONGS AND STORIES a few weeks ago I was inspired to write a new pro-union song. This isn’t a parody of the original lyrics to “America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates, but instead utilizes the...
by NeverEverAgain
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
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As we stand on the brink of the 57th session of the Commission on Population and Development, it’s crucial to recognize the pivotal role that addressing population growth and ensuring the full rights of women and girls play in achieving global...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 09:58 AM PDT
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I did not comment on Black History month this year. I celebrated instead by reading “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” created by Nikole Hannah-Jones. Practically none of what I read was taught in several high schools and the few colleges I...
by 40ford
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 03:34 PM PDT
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UNVEILING DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS In a world where the pursuit of endless growth has led to environmental degradation, social inequalities, and resource depletion, a fresh perspective on economics has emerged – “doughnut economics.” Coined by British...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 09:35 AM PDT
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LATE-NIGHT MUSIC—THOUGHTS ON A SCOTUS DIVERSITY RULING I was speaking to my therapist regarding the current climate of modern diversity challenges, especially in the legal arena recently—we had an in-depth chat on the subject. Long and short, Dr. Mack...
by sepiasiren
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 12:37 AM PST
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During President Biden’s recent visit to my home state of South Carolina, our President reminded us that under his leadership we have “over 14 million new jobs and record economic growth.” As South Carolina’s historic first in the nation Democratic...
by jimfelder
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 01:24 PM PST
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It’s confusing that people are OK with paying billions of tax dollars to land-based telecoms corporations who fail to provide even half-decent internet service, and whose services are not "scalable", but people balk at Starlink. The "rural niche"...
by CalicoValley
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on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 10:40 AM PST
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I’ve worked in the media sector since 1984 as a technician, in editorial and as a sales representative. You could say, within this discipline, I am well-rounded. I’ve been paid a wage, a salary and a commission; not all at the same time, of course, but...
by Alan Kandel
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on Wed Nov 01, 2023 at 08:01 AM PDT
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People are struggling to process the rapidly unfolding events that have taken place since the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7. There have been demonstrations and counter-demonstrations focusing on both the hostage-taking and carnage in southern...
by Marcia G Yerman
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 03:09 PM PDT
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Black Caesar’s Rise From Enslaved African Warrior Chief to Pirate of the Caribbean — by dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor Black Caesar � (place date of birth unknown — died 1718) was a ...
by Black Kos
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on Fri Oct 06, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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When the Supreme Court ruled last June in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis that a private business has, in the words of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, “a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 02:40 PM PDT
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My mother kept a small handbound journal filled with quotations that she found inspiring, including some she made up herself. When I inherited this book, I was inspired to add one of my own: “When people laugh at you for naming your car, or arguing...
by ShuiMuLung
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on Mon Jul 31, 2023 at 11:38 AM PDT
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Im not proud to be queer Im just not ashamed And Im not going to hide who I am And Im not going to lie about it And Im not going to chase you for your love or your acceptance And I wont tolerate it if all you can do is tolerate me I am more than a...
by ultrageek
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on Sun Jun 25, 2023 at 02:45 AM PDT
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“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I hated to write this story. Still, I am obligated to warn my fellow progressives when they are about to make a serious mistake. The State of...
by Gregg Matson
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on Sat Jun 24, 2023 at 04:25 PM PDT
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This article is written in honor of PRIDE Month.� Here we are in 2023 and everything we have fought for, for SO MANY years is crumbling in front of us thanks to capitalism and its system of ...
by NeverEverAgain
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on Sun Jun 18, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Republican state lawmakers were poised Tuesday to cut funding for University of Wisconsin campuses as the GOP-controlled Legislature and school officials continue to clash over efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. The vote comes just days after...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Jun 13, 2023 at 11:44 AM PDT
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Nobody talks, writes or thinks about the “Enlightenment” much any more. In the span of human history, it was short, sweet, geographically confined and relatively recent. But it was a vitally important period of explosive growth in human knowledge and...
by dratler
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on Thu May 25, 2023 at 05:32 PM PDT
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“People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction” ― Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery. On her MSNBC show, Symone Sanders, counselor to Democratic Presidents, VPs, and candidates, warned that the...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Sun May 14, 2023 at 05:31 PM PDT
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