Once again the city of Petrópolis, in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, was devastated after heavy rains, with landslides and the overflow of rivers. It was on Tuesday, February 15th. I confess that I was reluctant to write about it. I waited a little while to understand that, being one of the main issues on the journalism agenda in our country, in the last few days, it would just be to repeat what everyone is reading and seeing by so many different means. Today, six days after the fact, I changed my mind and decided to comment. This is because the latest news confirms the discovery of a few more bodies, which caused a historical record to be surpassed in the local tragedy, now with 181 deaths. And over a hundred people are still missing. Source: THE ANNOUNCED PETROPOLIS TRAGEDY – Virtualities
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-History of Black Slavery in Puerto Rico, by Soler:
Historia de La Esclavitud Negra En Puerto Rico by Luis M. Soler
This extensive and not easy to read, but well worthwhile history of slavery in Puerto Rico, shows the importance not only of where we have been, but also what tools we have now and how to evaluate them in the light of past and present situations. The author comments that a Cooperative could have saved the small coffee producers of Puerto Rico, though not on whether that would have enabled the liberation of their enslaved workers. Yet this is a step forward in the analysis of both labour relations and the history of People of Color in the Americas.
I now also know that the family of my enslaved 5xGreat Grandfather Miles Manzilla could even…
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Christians, wake up: If world doesn’t stop Putin – NATO, Israel are next – The Jerusalem Post
Art Spiegelman on the School Ban of His Book »Maus« – DER SPIEGEL
Opinion | Bomb Threats Are Roiling Historically Black Colleges and Universities – The New York Times
Colombia’s Highest Court Decriminalizes Abortion: Live Updates – The New York Times
Indigenous nations sue North Dakota over ‘sickening’ gerrymandering | US voting rights | The Guardian
“Our voice is going to be muffled once again,” the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa chairman, Jamie Azure, told the Guardian. “It’s getting a little sickening, tell you the truth.”
The nations have sued the state, alleging that the map, which was meant to account for population changes identified in the 2020 census, doesn’t comply with section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Before Brooklyn: the secret heroes who helped break baseball’s color barrier | MLB | The Guardian
Germany hopes protein-based Covid vaccine will sway sceptics | Coronavirus | The Guardian
About 1.4m doses of Nuvaxovid to arrive in country this week, after EU approval in December
Source: Germany hopes protein-based Covid vaccine will sway sceptics | Coronavirus | The Guardian
We’re back arguing about fur and foie gras – I feel like I’m 14 again | Zoe Williams | The Guardian
The government are considering a U-turn on their pledge to ban the import of fur and foie gras, thanks to opposition from their own MPs. Is there nothing that can’t be turned into a culture war? Source: We’re back arguing about fur and foie gras – I feel like I’m 14 again | Zoe Williams | The Guardian

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