By Bill McKibben The strangest thing about the coronavirus is that we can’t help one another through it. We can’t lay on hands, we can only wash them: in fact, the way we’ve been explicitly told to help is to stay away from one another. That makes epidemiological sense, but it also makes us a […]
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By Mohamed Gibril Sesay Literature is often seen as referring to the written-word, and sometimes, further tightened to mean the scripted-word of the creative type, and again tweaked to be perceived as the printed-word of the fictional creative type –novels, short stories, poetry, drama. Our discussion of Sierra Leonean Literature dances to these understandings,
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By Andy Piascik One hundred years ago, in the dead of a Massachusetts winter, the great 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike—commonly referred to as the “Bread and Roses” strike—began. Accounts differ as to whether a woman striker actually held a sign that read “We Want Bread and We Want Roses, Too.” No matter. It’s a wonderful
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By Ora Burke Black economic empowerment in the tradition of Marcus Garvey is a concept many in our global African communities talk about — but a Brooklyn-based pastor has gone further, recently launching it into practice. Reverend Dennis Dillon delivered a rousing revival sermon at his Rise Church in Brooklyn on Marcus Garvey’s birthday (August
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Netflix is in many ways like Youtube.com, and Facebook.com. It can be a useful tool, or a big distraction. You have the choice of watching mundane entertainment which can bring about a couple of chuckles, and a few other emotions. Or you have the choice of searching for content that may very well shake your very core. When I stumbled upon one called The House on Coco Road,I did not expect that it would start a researching journey that is still occurring to this very day. The film is about an African descendant born in America who happened to be an activist. She had the pleasure of rubbing shoulders with Angela Davis.
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By Patrick Mbullo The fact that the United States current debt stands at approximately $20 trillion is not anything new. Of interest, however, is the $1.2 and $1.1 trillion respectively owed to China and Japan, the economic giants of the east. With burgeoning industries bolstered by growing capital base, China and Japan are on
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By Mbullo P. Owuor Since the Kenyan Supreme Court annulled the general elections of August 8, 2017, the country has been plunged into a political limbo. The court’s verdict not only invalidated the process under which the elections were organized, but it also emphatically stated that the results were unreliable. The court claimed that the
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by Magatte Camara Link to Essay by Magatte Camara Today, with social and economic inequalities growing worldwide, doing business in a more ‘friendly’ way is on the rise. In other words, it is possible both to make money and contribute to social development. This concept is more commonly known as called social entrepreneurship. This essay
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