Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard – The New York Times
The Pacific Northwest, coastal erosion and storms are eating away at tribal land, forcing native communities to try to move inland. In the Southwest, severe drought means Navajo Nation is running out of drinking water. At the edge of the Ozarks, heirloom crops are becoming harder to grow, threatening to disconnect the Cherokee from their heritage.
Do NOT Talk About Race!
There is a racial divide in this country……we can pretend that it does not exist (not in this country) but sadly there is and I have written about it several times……
In case the posts were missed I will help with this issue…..
The absurdity of the Republican Party’s culture wars has reached new heights. A slew of GOP-led state legislatures are enacting new laws that ban teaching “critical race theory” an academic framework that has become the latest conservative boogeyman.
Do you want to learn about racism, discrimination and privilege? Well, Republicans are trying to make it really hard to do so with a slew of bills designed to muzzle educators. In Texas, House Bill 3979…
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Russia records highest number of new coronavirus cases since January — Meduza
On the morning of June 24, Russian officials announced that the country had recorded 20,182 new coronavirus infections in the past day, marking the highest daily increase since late January.
According to official data, Russia has registered more than 5.38 million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
Another 568 people died of the disease over the past day, bringing Russia’s total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 to 131,463. In addition, St. Petersburg and Moscow both registered record daily mortality rates, with 99 and 92 fatalities caused by the coronavirus, respectively.
Source: Russia records highest number of new coronavirus cases since January — Meduza
Understanding Our Present — CRT: Part II
In Part I, I provided a bit of the history of racism in the U.S., how it started and how it has expanded and morphed through the centuries. Today, I want to talk a bit more at length about Critical Race Theory, the facts vs the rhetoric we’ve all been hearing from certain politicians and the likes of Fox ‘News’.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) proposes that racism is systemic, that it is built into our very foundations and institutions, for it has been a part of the “American Way” since the first white settlers landed on the Eastern shores of this nation. Contrary to what you have heard by people such as Tucker Carlson, CRT is NOT taught in elementary nor secondary schools today, though I would argue vehemently that it should be. If we teach our children only half of the story, then we are painting a picture of…
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(7) Ethiopian government declares ‘unilateral ceasefire’ amid rebel advance in Tigray – YouTube
Ethiopia’s federal government on Monday declared a “unilateral ceasefire” in its war-torn Tigray region, state media reported, as rebel fighters entered the …
Hancock is gone, but the rot at the heart of UK government is only getting worse | openDemocracy

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Source: Hancock is gone, but the rot at the heart of UK government is only getting worse | openDemocracy
Our Documents – Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the government to integrating the segregated military. Source: Our Documents – Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
L.A. County urges everyone to wear mask indoors as Delta variant spreads – Los Angeles Times (Me: Urging does not work – never did, never will – if the risk is there – require it!!!)
Jolly Monday — Smiles Galore!
Good Monday morn, my friends!🌻 No, I’m not bright and cheerful, I’m just trying to put on a good act … is it working? So, how was your weekend … do anything special? Miss Goose and I were reminiscing a day or two ago about the last time we went to the book shop and out to eat at a restaurant … over 15 months ago. That was the weekend that the governor of our state announced that all non-essential businesses must close, and I remembered how I turned to my daughter and said, “Well, it better not last past next weekend!” We laugh about that now, some 64 weekends later! Ah well, we’re alive and surviving, and in truth, Miss Goose and I have gotten quite comfortable with staying home in our jammies all day every day!
I promised after last week that there would be a better…
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