“You were right,” Susan said. “The view’s great from the other side of the road.” Jimmy Duncan watched her approach, the sun behind her and the wind riffling her hair. She fiddled with her camera a moment, then plopped down beside him on the grassy hillside. To their left, loomed a wall of black forest; …
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Click:Wholesale chlorine tablets on sale ‘Now, every woman knows she needs to fight violence everywhere’, the Congolese human rights activist Julienne Lusenge told me on the sidelines of the Council of Europe’s World Forum for Democracy last month. In a video interview with openDemocracy 50.50, she talks about the struggle to end wartime sexual violence …
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Nancy Pelosi’s colleagues rose to their feet at her suggestion that “Congress must put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future.” In her first address as Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi spoke about a myriad of topics. But her comments on climate change stood in …
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Palestinian protesters gather as a shower of tear gas canisters fired by Israeli troops land on the field east of Gaza City, on Aug. 10, 2018. Picture by: Wissam Nassar/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved. Palestinians across Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are banding together in a general strike on October 1, in …
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Men often dismiss women, their thoughts, and emotions by offhandedly labeling them “crazy.” Case in point: Look no further than the current president. Trump has a long history of dismissing his female adversaries by calling them “crazy.” According to Harris O’Malley of The Washington Post, “crazy” is one of “the five deadly words guys use to …
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The neighbors said the jungle gym was great for our block. I told them it was just the beginning and showed them the picture of my wife’s childhood yard. I told them I would duplicate the Tennessee homestead down to the smallest detail. Honeysuckles would cover the Los Angeles city fire hydrant, and the chicken …
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On Dec. 4, 2017, Jamie Bennett was sitting at home in his living room recovering from the flu. It was a blustery Monday night in the picturesque valley of Ojai, California — some 20 miles east of the coastal town of Ventura — and the winds were rattling the windows of his home. Around 8 p.m., …
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Fiji is easily reached by Air Pacific, airpacific.com, which flies direct to Nadi from Los Angeles. They fly two-story 747s; if the plane isn’t too full, you can buy a full row of seats for yourself in the quiet upstairs for a few hundred extra bucks. Money well spent for the 10-hour flight. Most resorts …
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Image of European Parliament, June 2018. Global Media Group/Press Association. All rights reserved. IM/HD: We are today witnessing the advance of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme-right groups in every successive European election. They have even managed to enter government, for instance, in Italy. What’s going on? Etienne Balibar (EB): This trend has been ongoing for …
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Behind concrete walls that span several feet high in the bustling streets of Karachi, Pakistan, Mashal Hussain stands on the side of the soccer field, looking on at the group of girls playing. The girls are laughing and smiling, dripping in sweat from running around in the hot and humid conditions. It’s clear Hussain is …
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