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Livestream: Dilma Rousseff: The Attack on Democracy & Human Rights in Brazil (4/14)
Friday, April 14th | 6:30pm Murphy Institute 25 W. 43 Street, 18th Floor New York, NY Can’t make it in person? Watch the livestream here: CUNY’s Murphy Institute is pleased to host a presentation by Dilma Rousseff, former President of Brazil, co-organized with the Committee Defend Democracy in Brazil/New York. Brazil’s former president, Rousseff − impeached…
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News Roundup 8/14/15
No matter where they might fall on the political spectrum, it seems like everyone’s got something to say about the presidential candidates — and it’s only August. And in the space of it — in no small part due to the tactics of some #BlackLivesMatter activists — people are talking about racial justice. Here’s some of…
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News Roundup 7/31/15
July flies by, swirls of activity and here we are: the fight for fifteen changing the landscape for low-wage workers across the country, while the deaths of Sandra Bland and Samuel Dubose make it clear that #blacklivesmatter remains as pressing as ever. Greenpeace activists in Portland, Oregon suspended themselves from the St. John’s Bridge to…
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News Roundup 7/10/15
Happy hot, hot Friday. The world continues to turn — a promising week on the civil rights front, a high-intensity time on the geopolitical stage. Here’s what you might have missed: South Carolina takes the confederate flag down from its state house. #finally. Check out Wanda Williams-Bailey, Strom Thurmond’s granddaughter — an interracial woman —…
