On the agenda today: Amid unemployment rates stuck in double digits and economic recession, housing prices in Pittsburgh rebound; Black women activists from decades ago continue to influence today’s demands for justice and equality; and confusing messages about the coronavirus in Pennsylvania have one wondering what’s safe. Tighter credit forRead More →
It was 2015 when Mokah Jasmine Johnson decided to enter the world of activism. The use of a racial slur in the name of a drink from a downtown Athens bar was the last straw. She was fed up with the racism in her town and she intended to takeRead More →
Nawara was forced to wear the headscarf when she was 11 years old. Two years ago, she finally decided to take it down and post a new photo of herself on Facebook, and that was the starting point for the defamation assault. “I thought I was no longer in theRead More →
GENEVA (Reuters) – A UN Human Rights Council investigator on Thursday urged member states to pressure Saudi Arabia to release the activists ahead of the G20 nations summit that Riyadh will host in November. FILE PHOTO: Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, holds a jointRead More →