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Face 2 Face with David Andersson

LIVE SHOW – Friday, January 21st at 12 (noon) On this show, we speak with David Andersson, author of The White-West: A Look in the Mirror. A collection of op-eds published on Pressenza. Each article looks at a different aspect of…

IACHR Court to review quilombolas’ ancestral land claim

The case concerns 152 communities affected by the failure to issue land titles, the expropriation of land and the unconsulted installation of an aerospace base. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) will review the case of the Quilombola communities…

Muslim women unite to change their situation in India

Discriminated against in society and concerned about discrimination against women in their homes, the two women who co-founded the Muslim Women’s Movement of India (BMMA) set up the organisation to promote Muslim women’s leadership in the country and help them…

Long Island: The Peoples’ Proclamation Against Hate

On Thursday, December 16, 2021, the Long Island Advocates for Police Accountability (LIAFPA) and its allies representing Black, Brown, Asian, disabled, LGBTQ+ and faith-based organizations on Long Island will hold a Press Event and Rally at 11:00 A.M. at the…

African Cultural Diversity and Exchange Promotion Forum 2021 held in Korea

 African Culture     Africa Insight hosted the 2021 African Cultural Diversity and Exchange Forum last December 01, 2021, in the city of Seoul with the participation of Africans and Korean citizens. The forum was sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan…

Face 2 Face with Anna Dioguardi and Dennis Redmond

LIVE SHOW – Friday, December 10 at 11:10 AM On this show, we speak with Anna and Dennis from the Queens Community House about a just passed legislation in City Council, granting voting rights to noncitizen immigrants in New York…

The New York City Council becomes the largest city in the nation to enfranchise noncitizen immigrant New Yorkers.

Nearly 1 Million noncitizen immigrant New Yorkers will be allowed to participate in our City’s municipal election! Noncitizen residents pay billions in state, sales and real estate taxes, the same as citizens, and they are responsible for $229 billion in…

Three campaigns against gender-based violence produced in Argentina go viral, reaching several continents

“Amigo se cuenta”, “Yo me ocupo” and “Sin mochilas” are three campaigns strategically designed by Spotlight, a joint initiative of the European Union, to build societies that respect and empower women, taking into account the different aspects that converge in…

An Epidemic Within the Pandemic: Police Killings of African American Men

While the pandemic slows through the U.S. (at least among the vaccinated), another deadly epidemic persists unchecked: police killings of men of color. A Washington Post online database reports 7216 people killed by police since 2015, with 914 killed so…

Pepe

Cupressus pyramidal stricta is the scientific name, I still remember it, by which the cemetery cypress, which is as tall as it is narrow, is known. The story goes that it is planted in cemeteries so that its roots can…

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