Charity and activism
Anything to do with Charity and activism
Casper
@Casper -
28 days ago
Anarchists on the Wave of Protest in Indonesia
In August 2024, a wave of protests rocked Indonesia in response to political machinations aimed at anointing a successor to President Joko Widodo.
33 minutes read
Moises
@Moises -
25 days ago
Westhaven Announces Brokered Private Placement for Gross Proceeds of Up to C$5.0 Million
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 25, 2024 ...
12 minutes read
Felicita
@Felicita -
about 1 month ago
Their protest stopped traffic for 4 days. Now they're in prison for 4 years...
Their protest stopped traffic for 4 days. Now they're in prison for 4 years... (Second column, 16th story, link) Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron
11 minutes read
Roger
@Roger -
21 days ago
Joan Nathan’s Recipes For A Delicious Life
Joan Nathan's My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories, a memoir with recipes, is testament to how, as Nathan put it, “one thing leads to another in life.”
9 minutes read
Ismael
@Ismael -
about 1 month ago
Yasmine Mohammed: Activist fights Islamist extremism and antisemitism
The West doesn’t even understand how it’s slowly committing suicide. There must be greater vigilance, education, and critical thinking to counter these challenges,’ says Mohammed.
8 minutes read
Anderson
@Anderson -
12 days ago
Art to see this weekend in London if you’re not going to Frieze
From a celebration of the most outré club in fashion history to an alternative art fair featuring the city’s more radical independent galleries, there’s plenty to do if you don’t have tickets to Frieze
9 minutes read
Minnie
@Minnie -
30 days ago
Inside RFK Jr.’s secret sex diaries — including the codes he used for women while grappling with ...
Bombshell revelations of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr allegedly being involved in a romantic relationship with New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi are hardly a surprise.
8 minutes read
Kraig
@Kraig -
about 1 month ago
Hasina gone but fate of Bangladesh’s forcibly disappeared hangs in balance
Only three of more than 150 people who went missing during Sheikh Hasina's long rule have been reunited with families.
10 minutes read
Clarissa
@Clarissa -
22 days ago
Prince Harry debuted his reinvention in NYC, but it was ‘hijacked’ by ‘Duchess Difficult’ Meghan
Prince Harry acted the true statesman during his whirlwind trip to NYC - but his trip was "highjacked" by Meghan Markle, sources said.
9 minutes read
Zackery
@Zackery -
about 1 month ago
Canada Is Ending Jewish National Fund’s Charitable Status
Reprinted from Jacobin with the author’s permission. The recent revocation of the Jewish National Fund’s (JNF) charitable status may be the most important Palestine solidarity victory in Canadian history. The grassroots win is a boost to the global Stop the J…
9 minutes read
Elliott
@Elliott -
29 days ago
News24 | OPINION | Competition law has again worked to fight a bad drug patent, but we need other...
A Competition Commission probe led to the dropping of a patent on a key tuberculosis medicine in South Africa. Twenty years ago, a similar case reduced antiretroviral prices, aiding the HIV treatment programme. Fatima Hassan and Leena Menghaney compare these …
9 minutes read
Assunta
@Assunta -
about 1 month ago
Does 'slacktivism' deserve its bad reputation?
Earlier this year, activists opposing the war in Gaza marched onto the Golden Gate Bridge and Interstate 880 in Oakland. They blocked traffic for hours, some chaining themselves to vehicles or cement-filled drums. Twenty-six were arrested and charged.
6 minutes read
Hannah
@Hannah -
1 day ago
EXCLUSIVE: Cyndi Lauper on her farewell tour, gay fans, Madonna & her past experience with you-kn...
Ahead of her Girls Just Want to Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper spilled the tea to Queerty!
8 minutes read
Myles
@Myles -
29 days ago
Why do US Jews vote Democrat? Here are six theories
It stands to reason, however, that Jews will give undue weight to considerations related to Israel.
4 minutes read
Minnie
@Minnie -
28 days ago
Suicidal Jews
When individuals kill themselves, we look for answers in their DNA, their environments, their personal reactions to feelings of impotent rage, rejection, disappointment, heartbreak, and mental illness. But how to explain group suicide? &...
7 minutes read
Clarissa
@Clarissa -
about 14 hours ago
From NASCAR’s Fast Lanes To Baby Bottles: Bubba Wallace’s New Chapter
"Racing comes second now,” says Bubba Wallace, embracing a new life as a dad. The NASCAR star is learning about balancing family, track time, and giving back.
8 minutes read
Teagan
@Teagan -
26 days ago
Metamorphic Rock: Gwen Siôn Discusses Quarrying Slate for Sound
Gwen Siôn speaks to Jude Rogers about how her love of dubstep raves in tunnels became a creative practice of turning the slate of North West Wales into music, blending field recordings with choral song, and how landscape art is political Bethesda is a slate t…
7 minutes read
Felicita
@Felicita -
13 days ago
People don’t like a ‘white saviour’, but does it affect how they donate to charity?
White people that sweep into developing countries to “save” people of colour are widely derided, including by donors. Does this translate to less charity donations?
6 minutes read
Teagan
@Teagan -
over 5 years ago
Who Should Be on the Next Mount Rushmore?
Who Should Be on the Next Mount Rushmore?Are there any American “heroes” we can agree on in 2019? This might sound like an abstract question, but for the Fourth of July weekend, Politico Magazine has decided to make it more concrete, asking experts: Who would you put on a...continued
44 minutes read
Jaydon
@Jaydon -
almost 4 years ago
2020 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Published on December 21, 2020 3:27 PM GMTcross-posted to the EA forum here.IntroductionAs in 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , and 2020 , I have attempted to review the research that has been produced by various organisations working on AI safety, to help potential d…
87 minutes read
Teagan
@Teagan -
almost 5 years ago
The 100 best, worst, and weirdest things we saw on the internet in the 2010s
The A.V. Club's best, worst, and weirdest internet of the 2010sThe internet of 2010 is a lot different than the internet of 2019. Facebook hadn’t been politicized. Twitter wasn’t Donald Trump’s playground. Instagram was brand new and nobody was calling themselves an “infl...continued
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Grayce
@Grayce -
over 5 years ago
Moon rocks, Misty of Chincoteague, Haiku Stairs: News from around our 50 states
Dothan: A man has been reunited with the Auburn University class ring he lost most than 50 years ago. The Dothan Eagle reports 74-year-old Victor Voss got his ring back Monday. Voss says he was wearing the ring over his gloves on a cold day in 1966 because it was too larg...continued
44 minutes read
Monserrat
@Monserrat -
about 5 years ago
Fugitive pig, proverb library, sodium warnings: News from around our 50 states
News from around our 50 statesGuntersville: People in a rural area are raising concerns about the use of “chicken sludge” as fertilizer on farm fields as the state considers new rules on how such products can be used. Julie Lay says the sludge from a poultry processing pl...continued
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Hank
@Hank -
5 days ago
The US Sanctioned an Anti-Israel Group for Backing Terrorists. Months Ago, Its Leaders Were Hobno...
The U.S. Department of Treasury, in a joint action with the Canadian government, sanctioned the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and one of its leaders for providing material support to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),…
5 minutes read
Muriel
@Muriel -
over 4 years ago
First, the people die; then, the stories
68+Epsilon Theory PDF Download (paid subscription required): First the PeopleIn all countries, the First World War weakened old orthodoxies and authorities, and, when it was over, neither government nor church nor school nor family had the power to regulate the lives of h...continued
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