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- We Went to a Fashion Show Inside a Brazilian Prison April 23, 2018What started as recreational crochet lessons for detainees turned into a private runway show.Bruno Costa
- The Latinx Presence at Coachella Was Bigger Than Ever April 22, 2018At this year’s festival, we photographed performers like Cardi B and Miguel and their adoring fans.Marina Garcia-Vasquez
Signs of the Times
- Syrian army strips militants of suicide belts and a vast cache of NATO arms April 23, 2018An estimated 6,000 Jaysh al-Islam militants and their families are expected to withdraw from East Qalamoun, northwest of Syrian capital, to Jarablus in northern Aleppo province. Syrian troops carrying out searches of militants at the settlement of Ar-Ruheiba in the Eastern Qalamoun Mountains in Rif Dimashq Governate have seized suicide belts and ammunition which jihadists […]
- Mexico murder rate soars (again!) with 7,667 killed in 3 months April 23, 2018Mexico City - Some 7,667 people were killed in Mexico in the first quarter of 2018, up 20 percent on the same period last year, making it the most violent year in two decades, government figures showed Sunday. In 2017, the figure stood at 6,406 violent deaths, according to the Mexican security services. The worst […]
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- Trump Flips Out on NBC's Chuck Todd for Exposing 'Art of the Deal' President as a Lousy Negotiator April 22, 2018Trump positioned himself as the "Art of the Deal" author who is a great businessman and great negotiator. All of that has been proven false. President Donald Trump kicked off Sunday morning with a pair of tweets, including one attacking NBC News' "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd. The president's tweet exposes once again the […]David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
News from Africa
- South Africa:President Barack Obama to Deliver the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture April 23, 2018[NMF] The Nelson Mandela Foundation and The Obama Foundation announced that President Barack Obama will deliver the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg in July. To honour the centennial of Madiba's birth the lecture's theme will be "Renewing the Mandela Legacy and Promoting Active Citizenship in a Changing World". The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture […]