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The Justice Department has reached a settlement with the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to resolve a federal lawsuit targeting the elite schools over race-based admissions policies.
By Marina Mastrorillo, CGIAR; Chun Song, CGIAR; Grazia Pacillo, CGIAR, and Victor Villa, CGIAR The pathway from climate change to violent conflict is not simple. There are the obvious immediate effects of global warming like water scarcity and crop failure. But beyond these, climate stress can pave the road to violence through indirect channels –
By Chloé Josse-Durand, Newcastle University In 1950, British forces killed at least 29 civilians in one of the deadliest, but least chronicled, episodes of colonial violence in Kenya. Armed soldiers killed at least 29 civilian members of Dini ya Msambwa, a spiritual and anti-colonial movement in Kenya active around what is now West Pokot county
There are 33 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, making up 80% of the total farmer population. These farmers cultivate small plots of land of less than two hectares and don’t make much money, as they generally sell their produce in local markets. They usually lack the funds needed to process their crops into a product that could sell for a higher price, and they struggle to get into supply chains where they could sell for higher prices.
A coalition of school districts, a teachers union, the vice president of the Manchester NAACP, and an LGBTQ+ advocacy group are suing the state over a new law that seeks to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion policies from schools and local governments.
For too long, Africa’s agency has been exercised defensively: managing expectations, preserving stability, reacting to external scripts. The continent has copied political systems from other countries and prioritised economic choices that would meet external obligations, such as repaying debt.
By Gerald Arhin, UCL and Pritish Behuria, University of Manchester Imagine running a business for over a century without knowing what’s in your warehouse. That’s essentially what many African countries are doing with their mineral wealth. Governments across the continent still have very little knowledge of what lies beneath their soil. Between the 18th and
Medical and healthcare education accreditors are abandoning diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements for schools, a Do No Harm report shows, with the organization’s medical director saying accreditors must still be held accountable “to ensure lasting reform.”
#PODCAST: Listen to our new podcast interview with Dr. Art Jipson of the University of Dayton as he discusses the rise of #whitesupremacy and #whitenationalism, why #racism is "fundamentally harmful," and how extremist groups use manipulation to recruit young men.
In our interview, Dr. Jipson also breaks down who "accelerationists" are, why people of color should be concerned, and how everyone can help combat #extremism in the United States.
https://blknewsnow.com/dr-art-jipson-explains-accelerationism-and-why-people-of-color-should-be-concerned/
Art Jipson has earned a reputation as an expert with his research on extremism and white nationalism, which the associate professor at University of Dayton would be first to admit wasn't a path he planned for his academic career.