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Invisible Women - A World Designed for Men
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Caroline Criado Perez
Date
Mar 7 2019

The problem with feminism is that it’s just too familiar. The attention of a jaded public and neophiliac media may have been aroused by #MeToo, with its connotations of youth, sex and celebrity, but for the most part it has drifted recently towards other forms of prejudice, such as transphobia. Unfortunately for women, though, the hoary old problems of discrimination, violence and unpaid labour are still very much with us.

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What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?
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Politico Magazine
Date
Mar 8 2019

It’s been a historic year for women. There are more serving in Congress than ever before, and a record number are currently running for president in 2020. But even with these significant gains, women—both in the U.S. and around the world—can still find gender equality elusive.

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'They Lied to us': Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder
Practitioner
Jon Schuppe
Date
Feb 22 2020

VALDOSTA, Ga. — On an October morning in 2018, Eleanor Holmes and her husband left home to run an errand and found two men inside their front gate. They introduced themselves as detectives from Orlando, Florida, and said they needed the couple’s help.

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Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test
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Elizabeth Warren, Prominent Tribal Leaders, Donald Trump.
Date
Jan 4 2019

WASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was positioned to make a strong bid for president in 2020, but she infuriated tribal leaders by releasing the results of a DNA test to prove her Native ancestry and now her future is unclear.

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At the Age of Coronavirus: Rise of Xenophobia and Anti-Asian Racism
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Racist, Xenophobian, Anti-Asian organizations
Date
Mar 4 2020

The global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian discrimination has followed closely behind, manifesting in plummeting sales at Chinese restaurants, near-deserted Chinatown districts and racist bullying against people perceived to be Chinese.

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Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists Fight
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Youth Activists, Fridays for Future strikers, Climate Strike Online
Date
Mar 13 2020

Fridays for Future strikers around the world shared their demands for bold climate action online Friday as many youth activists heeded public health experts' recommendations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic by eschewing public protests in favor of digital demonstrations.

The online displays followed the call earlier this week from school strike for climate pioneer Greta Thunberg to #ClimateStrikeOnline.

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Fashion Designers Join the Fight Against COVID-19 By Pivoting to Mask Production
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Fashion Designers, Christian Siriano, Christina Karin Monley, Luxury Fashion Houses and Factories
Date
Mar 20 2020

Fashion designers from L.A. to Milan are picking up their shears in solidarity to do their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to at-risk patients and primary care providers.

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Calling Me a Hero Only Makes You Feel Better
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Grocery Store Workers, Essential Workers, Front Line Workers
Date
Apr 18 2020

Working in a grocery store has earned me and my co-workers a temporary status. After years of being overlooked, we suddenly feel a sense of responsibility, solidarity, and pride. On a private Facebook group page for my company, Trader Joe’s, one employee from Washington State posted a picture of a company-issued work shirt hanging from the ceiling of the store. A sign attached to the shirt read not all heroes wear scrubs.

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Professor tracks rise in racism linked to pandemic
Practitioner
Russell Jeung, San Francisco State, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON) and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)
Date
Mar 19 2020

Research from Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies Russell Jeung spurs launch of online reporting center to document COVID-19 discrimination.

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COVID-19 RELIEF FUND TO GIVE $10 MILLION TO ARTISTS
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Artist Relief fund
Date
Apr 8 2020

A coalition of more than twenty national arts funders has launched an emergency relief fund that will provide millions of dollars to artists struggling financially in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, which has more than 400,000 confirmed cases of the virus. The Andrew W.

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