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“Who will defend us if not ourselves?” Indigenous people and rainforests under renewed attack in Brazil — Leila’s Blog — Barbara Crane Navarro

Socio-environmental protections in Brazil are being dismantled whilst the world is distracted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Forests in the Amazon, home to 1 million indigenous people, have been subject to fires and deforestation as the current government administration seeks to reverse hard-won gains for indigenous and environmental rights. These fragile rights exist in tension with […] […]

“Who will defend us if not ourselves?” Indigenous people and rainforests under renewed attack in Brazil — Leila’s Blog — Barbara Crane Navarro

Ann and Anna, (serial short story, Part 11): Punishment?

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

      …  Parts 10 (Warmth)9 (Found)8 (Lost), 7 (Rock), 6 (Believe), 5 (Naming), 4 (Home), 3 (Trust), 2 (Hope), and 1 (Nightmares) have posted on previous Sundays…

     Bacon!

 

     Anna helped me sit up, and then pushed the bandages a bit higher on my forehead.  The doctor had left my eyes mostly uncovered when he renewed my head dressing, but the bandages still covered my eyes a bit.  It was as if he’d wanted to cover them again, but opted to allow me enough vision to feel safer in my new surroundings.  I was glad of it, for I was quite curious to see who was coming through the door, now.

 

“Here you are, dears.”  

     The woman serving us was white, and seemed as pleased to be bringing us our breakfast as if…

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Arizona students stage hunger strike to urge Sinema to support voting reform | Arizona | The Guardian

Since Monday, a group of 20 college students from the University of Arizona and Arizona State have been on hunger strike in an effort to pressure one of the most heavily criticized Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema, to take action on the passage of crucial voting reform legislation.

The students say they will be striking indefinitely until Arizona’s Sinema agrees to support the Freedom to Vote Act, a bill that would ensure fair election measures like automatic voter registration and the protection and expansion of vote by mail.

Source: Arizona students stage hunger strike to urge Sinema to support voting reform | Arizona | The Guardian

Biden to Putin: Russia will pay ‘terrible price’ if it invades Ukraine – The Jerusalem Post

Biden told reporters the possibility of sending US ground combat troops to Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion was “never on the table,” although the United States and NATO would be required to send in more forces to eastern flank NATO countries to beef up their defenses.
“I made it absolutely clear to President Putin … that if he moves on Ukraine, the economic consequences for his economy are going to be devastating, devastating,” he said after remarks about the deadly tornadoes that hit the United States on Friday.

Source: Biden to Putin: Russia will pay ‘terrible price’ if it invades Ukraine – The Jerusalem Post