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[Link] The Right Is Losing Its Mind at the Idea of a Black Woman on the Supreme Court
Read: 27/1/2022 www.vice.com
The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has paved the way for President Joe Biden to fulfill a campaign promise to be the first to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
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[Link] The First Female President of Honduras Just Vowed to End Narco Corruption
Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com
After one of the most dramatic elections in Honduran history, Xiomara Castro has declared herself the winner, making her the first female president in the country's history. Then she made her first promise: to end the narco-corruption that plagued the reign of her predecessor.
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[Link] If Americans can’t have basic things like childcare, our democracy is a sham
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
In 2014, Northwestern and Princeton researchers published a report statistically documenting how lawmakers do not listen or care about what most voters want, and instead mostly care about serving their big donors.
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[Link] Las Patronas: The Rise of Female Drug Bosses in Latin America
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
VICE World News brings you exclusive reporting from Latin America’s criminal underworld on the boss women you’ve never heard of. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — She told me her name was Brenda. When I met her, she had been in the Pavón prison on the outskirts of Guatemala City for 20 years.
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[Link] A Biracial YouTube Star Disparaged Black Women’s Hair. Now She’s Getting Canceled
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
Earlier this month, Atlanta-based influencer Briana Monique posted a vlog on YouTube where she discussed a few Black-owned hair products she was using to revive her hair after a few weeks of protective styling.
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[Link] The 14-Year-Old Who Founded Girls Who Hack Is Inspiring the Next Generation of Hackers
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
Bianca Lewis, or as she is known in the hacker world: BiaSciLab, is part of the next generation of hackers. At 14 years old, she has already made a name for herself in hacker conference circles when a few years ago, she was among a group of kids that hacked into an election reporting system.
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[Link] The newest 'Simpsons' character is a hypnotherapist breast cancer survivor with 'uniboob.' Here's her inspiring backstory.
Read: 25/10/2021 www.yahoo.com
An episode of beloved comedy The Simpsons is about to get serious about breast cancer awareness. In a groundbreaking moment for survivor visibility — specifically of women who have undergone mastectomies and opted to stay flat rather than choose breast reconstruction surgeries — the Oct.
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[Link] Actors ‘told they’re too disabled’ for disabled roles in UK television
Read: 24/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Actors have been told they are “too disabled” to play disabled roles in popular television series, with parts instead going to able-bodied people, according to a leading screenwriter who has called for television companies to adopt quotas for people with disabilities.
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