Category: United States
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The documentary “Earth Mama” by Savannah Leaf examines Black mothers
The constant symbolism that runs throughout “Earth Mama,” the feature film debut of filmmaker Savannah Leaf, was inspired by her thoughts on “how Black women are kind of like the center of our universe and the power held within that.” According to Leaf, she had been considering “a lot about ancestry and the trauma that…
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Lizzo, an American rapper, disputes sexual harassment claims
Lizzo asserted on Thursday that she is “not the villain” as three of her previous backup dancers have wrongly claimed in a sexual harassment lawsuit. Lizzo is accused of pressuring dancers to interact with naked performers at an Amsterdam nightclub and humiliating one of them for gaining weight before terminating her, according to a civil…
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First American panel’s work on potential reparations for Black people proceeds to the legislature
On Thursday, June 29, members of California’s Black Reparations Task Force handed their historic, two-year report over to state lawmakers, beginning the next phase of the lengthy fight to make amends for slaves’ descendants. The first group of its sort in the United States had its final meeting on Thursday and urged supporters to pressure…
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Emmett Till will be honored with a national monument in the United States
A White House representative announced on Saturday that Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley will each get a national monument from US President Joe Biden. Till was a Black teen from Chicago who was slain in 1955 after being kidnapped, tortured, and accused of whistling at a White woman in Mississippi. On Tuesday, Biden…
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WHO reports that a new malaria vaccination reduces mortality rates
The malaria vaccine, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), was “safe and effective” and resulted in “a substantial reduction in severe malaria”. Director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus said in a speech in New York that the new vaccination also played a role in a decrease in child fatalities. “The RTS,S vaccine has already been administered to…
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“Sugar Man” Sixto Rodriguez passes away at age 81
Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, better known by his stage name Rodriguez, passed away at the age of 81. His granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy, announced his passing on Wednesday (08/9) in Detroit, Michigan in the United States. In South Africa, where his songs against the Vietnam War, societal mores, the mistreatment of women, and racial inequality were hits,…
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Brazilian dump converted into mangroves
A landfill near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s Guanabara Bay has been turned into mangroves, boosting the local flora and fauna. One of Latin America’s largest landfills contained a portion of the 600,000 square meters that were salvaged. Around 80 million tonnes of waste were dumped at the Jardim Gramacho dump between the early 1970s and…
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The Legacy of Love Gala’s second year will be announced by Whitney Houston’s estate
A special event will be arranged to remember Whitney Houston, who would have been 60 this year, and to raise money for charity. The singer’s estate, Sony, and Primary Wave Music are putting on the second annual Whitney Houston Legacy of Love on August 9 to raise money for the late singer’s charity that helps…