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The devastating, irreparable death of Aruká Juma
March 3, 2021The death of the last survivor of the Juma people, the warrior Amoim Aruká, from complications linked to COVID-19, is an incalculable tragedy. There were 15,000 of them at the turn of the 20th century and...
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Biden: With Defense Production Act, enough vaccines by end of May
March 3, 2021Ignoring the president’s plea for continued vigilance, Texas governor ends mask rules and opens everything 100 percent.
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‘Back of the Moon’: A Noirish apartheid-era South African film
March 3, 2021Director/co-writer and Oscar nominee Angus Gibson’s Back of the Moon is another example of why I love PAFF—the Pan African Virtual Film + Arts Festival. If not for this festival film buffs like moi probably would...
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What the trees of Notre Dame have to tell us
March 3, 2021On April 15, 2019, watching television footage of Notre Dame Cathedral burning, I wept like millions of other French people and others around the world. The flames which invaded the screen brought back memories of my...
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Republicans make the FBI look like the good guys
March 3, 2021At Senate hearings on Jan. 6, Republican excuses for right-wing terror try to minimize the threat from white supremacists.
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