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How America Got Divorced from Reality: Christian Utopias, Anti-Elitism, Media Circus | Kurt Andersen
How America Got Divorced from Reality: Christian Utopias, Anti-Elitism, Media Circus Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Since a boat of religious fanatics with buckles on their hats hit … Continue reading
Black Tulsans Work to Rebuild ‘Black Wall Street’ Decades After Massacre | WSJ
The Tulsa Massacre of 1921 destroyed hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes in the city’s Greenwood District. A century later, entrepreneurs and activists are working to preserve “Black Wall Street’s” memory while pushing to rebuild and recover what was lost. … Continue reading
Biden to target racial wealth gap following 100 year mark of Tulsa Race Massacre
President Biden is targeting the racial wealth gap with initiatives to help communities of color. Isaac Boltansky, director of policy research at Compass Point Research and Trading, joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero with the impact Mr. Biden’s plan could have on … Continue reading
China’s competition for living space | DW Documentary
More than 60 percent of China’s population of 1.4 billion currently lives in cities. Within a decade, the share of urban dwellers is expected to increase to 75 percent. Construction is booming and competition for residential land is fierce. But … Continue reading
A National Crime
HIST4302 Making Documentary History 2018-29, led by Prof. Michael Ostroff. ‘A National Crime’ won the ‘Best Documentary’ at this year’s juried screening. Sandrine Murray (Journalism), Jordan Gray (Global and Transnational History), Kyleigh Gault (History), and Astara van der Jagt (Journalism) … Continue reading
Slavery Reparations Arrive in America, 158 Years Late
One hundred years ago, the idea of reparations was so threatening to White America that talking about it could get you arrested. Now some policymakers are finally taking action. Like almost every American city, Evanston, Illinois, made it difficult over … Continue reading
The United Kingdom’s Other Languages
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING British Overseas Territories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British… History Of Gibraltar: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMa… Why the Spanish language is losing ground in Gibraltar: https://english.elpais.com/elpais/201… Llanito: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/uni… Akrotiri: https://www.britannica.com/place/Akro… Cayman Islands History: https://www.explorecayman.com/about-c… Cayman Island Dictionary: https://archive.ph/20130126063618/htt… Bermudian English: https://www.bermudiana.com/blog/what-… Turk and Caicos … Continue reading
World Longest Power Submarine Cable To Connect $25BN Wind Solar Complex in Morocco To The UK Grid
British company Xlinks, has announced plans to build 10.5 Giga Watts of wind and solar parks in Morocco and sell the generated power in the UK. According to the company’s CEO, Simon Morrish, in an interview with PV magazine, this … Continue reading
Rail services to come under unified state control @BBC News live 🔴 BBC
It’s Thursday 20 May 2021. Our top stories this morning 0:00 Sweeping reforms aim to boost train travel The government has announced the biggest shake-up in the UK’s railways since privatisation in the mid-1990s. Get the full story 👉 https://bbc.in/3u0mrXP%5B…%5D
Why the British Rail Modernisation Plan Failed
Back to trains, and for this week we discuss one of Britain’s most audacious but ultimately futile projects to revitalise the network in the wake of World War II. However, rather than undertaking a comprehensive rebuild of the network, British … Continue reading
