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CURRENT EVENTS

This assignment is designed to have you read about the important issues in our world today. For this assignment, please post an article from a newspaper, magazine, or credible online news source.

Current Events

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Flooding in the Pacific Northwest impacts some more than others

This article from the Washington Post, entitled “First fires, now floods: British Columbia and Washington reeling from atmospheric river,” details...

Combatting racist assumptions about who utilizes public assistance programs in the U.S.

I came across this 2020 article while reading our DSR by bell hooks, and it is also a follow up...

Diverted From Discipline: L.A. Schools Replace Cops with Restorative Justice

This article talks about how some schools in LA are using a restorative justice approach to deal with behavior issues...

Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

There are various perspectives on land acknowledgements. In some of the conferences I attended last year for instance, the speaker...

News: “After Virginia, GOP amplifies debate over race and education”

Hello all, Here’s a recent article that hits close to home for me. The 2021 General Election took place last...

News: “The Rising Pacific Forces a Native Village to Move. Who Will Pay?”

Hello all, Here’s some news I’ve recently seen about an Indigenous community being subject to relocation due to the dangerous...

46th Annual American Indian Film Festival (Nov. 5th-13th)

I know many of us are in the throes of writing our AL Capstone papers, but AIFISF is now screening...

Person holding the Canadian flag

African agents allege bias over low Canadian permit approval rates

I came across this article from PIE News while doing some research for one of my IEM classes. It highlights...

Event: Updated- United Against Apartheid, 2021 Palestine Center Annual Conference

Update: Here is the link with the recording! There are several different videos of the conference, but I am attaching...

Indigenous Languages Project at COP26, Te Urewera, and the Legal Rights of Mother Earth

I wanted to share this article describing a project that is sharing 26 words from Indigenous languages that highlight the...

California to enforce ‘gender neutral’ toy aisles in large stores

As mentioned in this article, “California has become the first US state to require large retailers to display toys and...

Reflecting on Dune: Islam and Popular Culture, Event

UPDATE: The link to the recording on YouTube is linked here for anyone who would like to watch it. I...

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