Posts Tagged ‘ross’

Local boycotts of G4S: Responding to the Orlando massacre

I mourn with Orlando, Florida. I mourn as witnesses of the largest massacre on this continent since Wounded Knee in 1890. In this mourning, I also see that we are galvanized by our sadness to rally together as small communities dotting the earth, as people rooted in our local places, our homes. We are inspired […]

Six Students Arrested At University Of Minnesota Regents Meeting

Print Friendly Above Photo: From unicornriot.ninja At a hot summer meeting on a mostly deserted campus, the “Differences Organized Coalition” of fifteen groups protested University of Minnesota Board of Regents’ proposed tuition hikes, as well as decreasing access for marginalized communities, numerous sports and research scandals, Dinkytown gentrification, and investments with abusive corporations. The “Do! Coalition” has several primary demands: […]

Cut the Gordian Knot — a response to Ban Ki-moon’s landmark speech

Sadly, 2016 has begun much like 2015 ended – with unacceptable levels of violence and a polarized public discourse across the spectrum in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. Stabbings, vehicle attacks, and shootings by Palestinians targeting Israeli civilians – all of which I condemn —  and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, have […]

Earth Art: NASA ‘artist’ stuns Twitter with Sahara Desert pics taken from space (PHOTOS)

Kelly has been taking mind-blowing pictures almost every of the 206 days he has been on his mission so far, mesmerizing his half a million followers on Twitter.  This time he pointed his camera at the Sahara, the Earth’s largest hot spot. Kelly captured these high quality images from 400 km up (250 miles), from […]

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