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Laduma Ngxokolo: “Many brands that we come across, like Hermès, have heritage stories which we find exciting. But then we are not sharing our own as a form of decolonization of our own history to help us find a new form of confidence in our society and our people.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
The Man Reweaving South Africa’s Story
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Laduma Ngxokolo: “Many brands that we come across, like Hermès, have heritage stories which we find exciting. But then we are not sharing our own as a form of decolonization of our own history to help us find a new form of confidence in our society and our people.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
@clementineautain.bsky.social: “The French far right is high in the polls and riding an international Trumpian wave. Without the left uniting behind a radical project, we can’t beat them.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘We have to end the melancholy’: the French leftwing MP intent on resisting the far right
Clémentine Autain believes only a leftwing alliance united behind one leader can stave off the threat of a far-right president
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@clementineautain.bsky.social: “The French far right is high in the polls and riding an international Trumpian wave. Without the left uniting behind a radical project, we can’t beat them.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
The Guanajuato Congress approved reforms that represent progress in recognizing the rights of sexual and gender diversity, including the inclusion of same-sex marriage in the Civil Code and the prohibition of Conversion Therapy (CST) in the Penal Code.
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
El Congreso de Guanajuato aprueba el matrimonio igualitario
Los legisladores también prohibieron terapias de conversión, pero mandaron al archivo la iniciativa para despenalizar el aborto.
www.proceso.com.mx
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Guanajuato Congress approved reforms that represent progress in recognizing the rights of sexual and gender diversity, including the inclusion of same-sex marriage in the Civil Code and the prohibition of Conversion Therapy (CST) in the Penal Code.
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
"Never content to stay within anybody else’s boxes, he held on to his mission of “taking the old and mixing it with the new. We’re not destroying the music: we’re giving it a way to live on.” Through his recordings, it will."
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theconversation.com/pops-mohamed...
Pops Mohamed mixed old and new to reinvent South African music
His life in music was a struggle against narrow definitions - of ‘race’, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Never content to stay within anybody else’s boxes, he held on to his mission of “taking the old and mixing it with the new. We’re not destroying the music: we’re giving it a way to live on.” Through his recordings, it will."
theconversation.com/pops-mohamed...
theconversation.com/pops-mohamed...
“They are not only stealing our land but also trying to cut the roots that connect us to it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“They are not only stealing our land but also trying to cut the roots that connect us to it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
The Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has become the first African to be named the most influential figure in the art world in ArtReview magazine’s annual power list.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Ghana’s Ibrahim Mahama first African to top annual art power list
Artist who once draped Barbican in brightly coloured fabric says he is humbled by recognition in ArtReview rankings
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has become the first African to be named the most influential figure in the art world in ArtReview magazine’s annual power list.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“We’re now able to say, ‘Creating this stuff without consent is wrong.’ It’s unlawful and it’s wrong. The message is clear and that’s great.”
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn
The new Data (Use and Access) Act, which criminalises intimate image abuse, is a huge victory won fast in a space where progress is often glacially slow
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“We’re now able to say, ‘Creating this stuff without consent is wrong.’ It’s unlawful and it’s wrong. The message is clear and that’s great.”
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
“It’s sad that there’s still so much to fight for, but I hold onto the hope that if we continue to stand in solidarity, society will change for the better"
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
A year after martial law crisis, Koreans carry on the fight for a better tomorrow
Korea’s mass protests after the martial law crisis created new communities and bonds of solidarity across the country that continue to this day.
english.hani.co.kr
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“It’s sad that there’s still so much to fight for, but I hold onto the hope that if we continue to stand in solidarity, society will change for the better"
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store
Store employee found masked bandit sleeping off a bender after invading booze store and tippling a tad too much
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It’s still shocking to me to wake up and have them every day still fighting us the way that they’re fighting us. Because we have proven time and time again that we’re not going anywhere.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike
Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“It’s still shocking to me to wake up and have them every day still fighting us the way that they’re fighting us. Because we have proven time and time again that we’re not going anywhere.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“I think when 2026 comes, we will see the impact, which unfortunately translates to increased mortality and morbidity, especially for African women and girls”
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/wome...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/wome...
Kenyan women face unsafe abortions due to USAID cuts
Birth control shortages will only worsen if Trump goes ahead with plan to burn millions of dollars of contraceptives
www.opendemocracy.net
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“I think when 2026 comes, we will see the impact, which unfortunately translates to increased mortality and morbidity, especially for African women and girls”
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/wome...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/wome...
"In 2019, just 65 of the most deprived neighbourhoods bordered one of the least deprived neighbourhoods. That rose to 119 in the latest data, released in October." Sound familiar?
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side
Data shows increase in neighbourhoods where few metres of asphalt, hedgerow, or wall can separate deep inequality
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"In 2019, just 65 of the most deprived neighbourhoods bordered one of the least deprived neighbourhoods. That rose to 119 in the latest data, released in October." Sound familiar?
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
“Housing affordability has become a critical economic and political issue. With credible solutions, progressive parties can reclaim that space, and bring voters with them – but it will need real political will.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
European progressives must tackle housing crisis to beat far right, say researchers
Centre left can win broad support by addressing soaring house prices and rents, according to data analysis
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
“Housing affordability has become a critical economic and political issue. With credible solutions, progressive parties can reclaim that space, and bring voters with them – but it will need real political will.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This year ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system than in the previous four years combined. New data suggests families are being separated.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This year ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system than in the previous four years combined. New data suggests families are being separated.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“The main issue we have here is that [the residents] couldn’t find a rentable home in Loudoun County due to the high prices, due to the nonsense requirements that apartments are asking for,” New Virginia Majority Representative Alejandra Fernández said.
www.loudounnow.com/news/mobile-...
www.loudounnow.com/news/mobile-...
Mobile Home Park Residents Seek Affordable Housing Options
Dozens of residents gathered at the Mobile Hope complex Saturday night to join solidarity vigil for the 85 families who are being displaced by the closure of the of Leesburg
www.loudounnow.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“The main issue we have here is that [the residents] couldn’t find a rentable home in Loudoun County due to the high prices, due to the nonsense requirements that apartments are asking for,” New Virginia Majority Representative Alejandra Fernández said.
www.loudounnow.com/news/mobile-...
www.loudounnow.com/news/mobile-...
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Jimmy Cliff Live - The Harder They Come
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sing it louder ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlSJ...
Ferial Haffajee: "Trump’s stayaway ended up being a net-positive as the meeting became another staging post for a trend in geopolitics. This is the continued rise of the middle powers, not as a bloc but as an interest and interesting group."
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
G20 South Africa goes post-Trump as middle powers signal fresh path | Daily Maverick
<p>Trump’s stayaway ended up being a net-positive as the meeting became another staging post for a trend in geopolitics. This is the continued rise of the middle powers, not as a bloc but as an intere...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Ferial Haffajee: "Trump’s stayaway ended up being a net-positive as the meeting became another staging post for a trend in geopolitics. This is the continued rise of the middle powers, not as a bloc but as an interest and interesting group."
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
“This law censors organisations, affecting their right to freedom of expression and freedom of association. They would prefer to be lapdogs for fear of being shut down, rather than watchdogs of the government”
www.equaltimes.org/zimbabwe-s-n...
www.equaltimes.org/zimbabwe-s-n...
Zimbabwe's new NGO law threatens to turn civil society “watchdogs” into “lapdogs”
It has been just over seven months since the Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) Amendment Act was signed into law in Zimbabwe on 11 April 2025, and it is already reshaping the operating environment...
www.equaltimes.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
“This law censors organisations, affecting their right to freedom of expression and freedom of association. They would prefer to be lapdogs for fear of being shut down, rather than watchdogs of the government”
www.equaltimes.org/zimbabwe-s-n...
www.equaltimes.org/zimbabwe-s-n...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Latest on #AbregoGarcia case explained (brilliantly!) by his lawyer
WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorney gives update on legal battle over ICE efforts to deport him
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Latest on #AbregoGarcia case explained (brilliantly!) by his lawyer
The extraction of minerals is not discrete from the extraction of life. When coal burns to sustain military occupation abroad, when ports and rails move materials to sites of violence, we are implicated.
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Art as a weapon
We recognise how narratives are vehicles of power, as they shape who is seen as Human, who is believed, and whose suffering matters
mg.co.za
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The extraction of minerals is not discrete from the extraction of life. When coal burns to sustain military occupation abroad, when ports and rails move materials to sites of violence, we are implicated.
mg.co.za/friday/2025-...
mg.co.za/friday/2025-...
Most of the people expected to die from soaring temperatures in coming decades live in poor, hot countries in Africa and South Asia. Many emitted relatively little of the pollution that causes climate change and are least prepared to cope with increasing heat.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Most of the people expected to die from soaring temperatures in coming decades live in poor, hot countries in Africa and South Asia. Many emitted relatively little of the pollution that causes climate change and are least prepared to cope with increasing heat.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...