How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms | Environment | The Guardian

Across the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market

Source: How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms | Environment | The Guardian

Meet the warrior woman from Dahomey who trained Haitian revolutionary hero Dessalines – Face2Face Africa

Adbaraya Toya is celebrated as one of the bravest women in Haitian history for her great influence on the many that fought in the Haitian Revolution. Popularly known as Victoria Montou in Haiti, a name she is believed to have been given after arriving in Haiti from Africa to work as a slave like the…

Source: Meet the warrior woman from Dahomey who trained Haitian revolutionary hero Dessalines – Face2Face Africa

From Margin to Center: Sex Work Decriminalization is a Racial Justice Issue

Sex work is criminalized throughout the United States, typically as misdemeanor offenses. Similar to the way the Unites States treats and criminalizes drug use, the policing of sex work exacerbates stigma, compromises access to resources, justifies violence, and is steeped in racial disparities.

Source: From Margin to Center: Sex Work Decriminalization is a Racial Justice Issue

The True Story Of The Government’s Horrific Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments On US Citizens

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment, which began in 1932, is seen as one of the darkest moments in medical history, and one of the most evil US government experiments on humans. In the Tuskegee syphilis study, doctors at Tuskegee University were trying to find out more about syphilis. But …

Source: The True Story Of The Government’s Horrific Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments On US Citizens

Re-connecting with the Motherland: Rio de Janeiro hosts the largest collection of Yoruba art outside Africa – Black Women Of Brazil

Note from BW of Brazil: It must be acknowledged that when many black readers of the blog and black visitors to Brazil come to know […]

Source: Re-connecting with the Motherland: Rio de Janeiro hosts the largest collection of Yoruba art outside Africa – Black Women Of Brazil

National Association Of Black Journalists Calls Out CNN For Lack Of Black Representation | HuffPost

The organization has placed the network on a “special media monitoring list” to perform research and analysis of CNN’s diversity, inclusion and equity practices.

Source: National Association Of Black Journalists Calls Out CNN For Lack Of Black Representation | HuffPost

Talking About Israel. The Relationship with Israel is Poison for the United States – Global ResearchGlobal Research – Centre for Research on Globalization

A recent article by Andrew Sullivan in the New York magazine considers how one might discuss the issue of Israel and its powerful domestic lobby without being accused of anti-Semitism. Sullivan is a keen observer of the dynamics of American political power and the article pretty clearly lays out why the relationship with Israel is …

Source: Talking About Israel. The Relationship with Israel is Poison for the United States – Global ResearchGlobal Research – Centre for Research on Globalization

Ohio ranked as one of the worst states in the nation for human trafficking | WRGT

MIAMI VALLEY, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) – On Monday, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was formally charged in a human trafficking sting, bringing awareness to the issue locally.

A recent report said Ohio ranks fourth in the nation for human trafficking.

Source: Ohio ranked as one of the worst states in the nation for human trafficking | WRGT