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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Supreme court leaves intact Mississippi law disenfranchising Black voters | US supreme court | The Guardian

Court turns away case on law implemented over a century ago with explicit goal of preventing Black people from voting
— Read on www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/30/us-supreme-court-mississippi-voting-rights-case-black-voters

(Me: Corrupt and racist court upholds Jim Crow Mississippi anti-black voter laws)

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill ending permanent alimony – CBS Miami

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure that will overhaul the state’s alimony laws, after three vetoes of similar bills and a decade of emotional clashes over the issue.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-gov-desantis-signs-bill-ending-permanent-alimony/

(Me: DeSantis throws women under the deadbeat dad bus.)

‘Nowhere in Palestine is free’: West Bank villagers defenceless against rising settler violence | Palestinian territories | The Guardian

The killing of a young father during a rampage through his quiet village underlines the impossible options for Palestinians in the occupied territories
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/nowhere-in-palestine-is-free-west-bank-villagers-defenceless-against-rising-settler-violence

The re-stocking of the Rio Cobre: more questions and not many answers

Petchary's Blog

Back in the 1980s, I was always in awe of the Rio Cobre. Whenever we traveled through the Bog Walk Gorge on our way to the north coast, I looked forward to seeing it – quite deep and slow around Flat Bridge, flowing more swiftly further down, fringed with rushes and with herons and other waterbirds standing like sentinels on the riverside.

Nowadays, this beautiful river is under severe pressure, as are so many of our waterways that are a significant part of Jamaica’s culture, enjoyed as places to “cool out” and just splash around in. Wonderful myths and stories surround our rivers. The Rio Cobre, Jamaica’s second-longest river, has so much to offer.

However, over the years and to this very day, the Rio Cobre has been abused.

The Rio Cobre. Photo credit: Paul Williams/The Jamaica Gleaner, used with permission.

The pollution of the Rio Cobre over the Emancipation…

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