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May 18 2024
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Singer Libianca on the pressure to take sides in Cameroon war
Libianca has spoken out about the pressure to "take sides" in Cameroon's ongoing conflict [Getty Images] Despite having lived in the United States for most of her life, Libianca is unmistakably proud of her Cameroonian heritage. The Afrosoul star was introduced to the world while singing in a Cameroonian accent - in 2022 she dropped her day-to-day American cadence for the career-launching,
Yahoo NewsMay 17 2024
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Ardsley to hold first festival Saturday marking Asian American Pacific Islander Month
ARDSLEY, NY -- The Village of Ardsley will hold its first-ever Asian American Pacific Islander Festival on Saturday, May 18, in Louis Pascone Memorial Park. The Festival will run from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include speakers, communal art, dance performances, interactive workshops, a scavenger hunt and more. "Asian-Americans are the second biggest ethnic group in Ardsley," Gina Roh, co-
Yahoo NewsMay 18 2024
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‘Possible medical episode’ may have led to driver’s death, San Antonio police say
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said a man died following a minor crash in a Northwest Side neighborhood. The driver, a 66-year-old man, was driving a silver Toyota Tundra just after 3 p.m. Friday in the 6100 block of Heritage Place Drive. A witness later told authorities that they saw the man slumped in the driver’s seat before the Tundra crashed into a parked car. When they arrived on scene
KSATSep 17 2014
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Obama administration forcing new gun buyers to declare race, ethnicity
The Obama administration quietly has been forcing new gun buyers to declare their race and ethnicity, a policy change that critics say provides little law enforcement value while creating the risk of privacy intrusions and racial profiling.
Washington TimesMay 16 2024
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Spies, trade and tech: China’s relationship with Britain
W joined 5, Britain’s domestic security service, in the 1950s, long before finding fame as a spy novelist, his first job was not hunting the . He was given the humdrum task of monitoring Commonwealth students in London. Chinese spies were thought to be using ethnically Chinese Singaporean and Malay students to gather industrial intelligence. It was not the most glamorous job. Le Carré was “
The EconomistOct 01 2021
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Harris' office does damage control over student’s Israel 'ethnic genocide' comment
Vice President Kamala Harris’ office is working behind the scenes to mend relationships with pro-Israel Democrats after not pushing back on a student who, in asking her a question, accused Israel of “ethnic genocide.”
On Thursday, Harris' senior staff contacted the influential Democratic Majority for Israel to clean up remarks she made Wednesday at George Mason University where Harris
PoliticoMay 16 2024
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70 years after Brown ruling, Boston schools are increasingly segregated
Data: Orfield and Pfleger, 2024, "The Unfinished Battle for Integration in a Multiracial America"; Chart: Axios Visuals Racial segregation in schools across the country has increased dramatically over the last three decades, according to two new reports and an Axios review of federal data. Why it matters: As the U.S. marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling
AxiosMay 19 2024
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Catch comedic ‘Catechism’ in Campbell June 9
Catholic school takes a satirical hit in “Late Nite Catechism,” a one-nun show coming to Campbell’s Heritage Theatre Sunday, June 9, at 3 p.m. In the show, Sister rewards her class—aka the audience—for good behavior and metes out some good-natured discipline for her more mischievous students. Tickets for the comedy are $35-$55 at https://www.heritagetheatre.org. A new social media outlet
San Jose Mercury NewsMay 17 2024
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Sacramento, Northern California tribes seek land back for ‘cultural survival’
Along the gentle rolling foothills nearby Nevada City is a village known as Yulića. Across the 232 acres of this land, there are man-made ponds, two creeks that barely trickle through and, on top of a small mountain, a medicine rock used to grind medicine by Nisenan people. This was once Nisenan land. Today, the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan tribe is raising money to purchase the land back.
The Sacramento BeeMay 16 2024
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Intersectional Healing: Prioritizing Queer BIPOC Mental Wellness this Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a pivotal time dedicated to raising awareness and reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issues. However, within the vast landscape of mental health advocacy, it’s essential to recognize the nuanced challenges faced by queer Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals. For members of these communities, the intersection of their racial
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