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Reflita:” EU NUNCA OUVI TANTO LIXO NA MINHA VIDA.” Quero convidar você a refletir sobre os nossos direitos, sobretudo a admissão da mulher na política, na sociedade como todo, o respeito as suas ideias, formas de tratamento e outras situações que citarei ao longo desse texto. Como cidadãs, nós mulheres temos os nossos direitos respeitados […]

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A View From North Of The Border

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Last week I did a post based on Charles M. Blow’s column titled “Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0” about the history of racism in this nation and how, with the current wave of voter suppression laws targeting mainly Blacks, this nation seems to have made a U-turn and is heading back to the days of slavery, of segregation, of “separate but equal”, of “sit in the back of the bus”, of racist horror.

My post inspired our friend rawgod, a Canadian, to not only share my post, but to share his views from a Canadian perspective.  Y’know … I have often said that those who live outside the U.S. can often see our situation more clearly than we ourselves do, and … well, rawgod’s post gives voice to my claim, I think, as well of giving us some insight into racism in his own country.  Please give his words some…

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Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal — Children’s Books Heal

Barbara Crane Navarro

Zonia’s Rain Forest Juana Martinez-Neal, Author and Illustrator Candlewick, Fiction, Mar. 30, 2021 Suitable for ages: 4-8 Themes: Amazon rain forest, Indigenous people, Wildlife, Nature, Environmental dangers Opening: “Zonia lives with those she loves in the rain forest, where it is always green and full of life.” Synopsis: Zonia’s home is the Peruvian rain forest.[…]

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247 aboard South Korean destroyer test positive for COVID-19, report says | The Japan Times

“Test results on all 301 crewmembers of the unit showed that 247 tested positive and 50 negative. The samples of four individuals were undecipherable,” the South Korean military was quoted as saying in a statement.

None of the personnel had been vaccinated as they left South Korea before the country started its inoculation campaign.

Some of the crew members were receiving treatment in local hospitals, while others with mild or no symptoms had been placed in isolation on the vessel, according to an earlier report.

The destroyer was on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia and around the Strait of Hormuz, the report said. South Korea has sent two multirole aerial tankers to the waters off Africa to bring back all the crew.

Source: 247 aboard South Korean destroyer test positive for COVID-19, report says | The Japan Times

Britain’s cases spike 70% in week as England ends lockdown Monday – UPI.com

Britain is dealing with a contrasting coronavirus situation: surging cases despite nearly 70% of its population receiving at least one vaccine dose and plans to ease restrictions, including in England on Monday. In addition, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized with coronavirus last year, is self-isolating after becoming exposed to his infected health secretary.

In the past week, infections in Britain increased by 297,300 or 42%, including 54,674 Saturday, the highest since January and a record 67,803. Sunday’s increase was 48,161. Fatalities also rose 48%, adding 192 in one week, including 41 Saturday then 25 Sunday, but far off the record 1,823 on Jan. 20.

Source: Britain’s cases spike 70% in week as England ends lockdown Monday – UPI.com