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COFFIN – Animation Short Film 2020 – GOBELINS

A man comes home and wants to go to bed. A bunch of noisy roommates. A crowded city in southern China. Un homme rentre à la maison et veut se coucher. Un tas de colocataires bruyants. Une ville surpeuplée au … Continue reading

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Alpha animals must bow to the majority when they abuse their power

by Max Planck Society Vulturine guineafowl occur in the savannahs of Kenya. The birds live in groups, with a strict dominance hierarchy. Credit: © Danai Papageorgiou     Many animal groups decide where to go by a process similar to … Continue reading

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Give The Land Back?

Today we travel to a future where the US and Canada give stolen land back to tribes & bands. Guests: Molly Swain — co-host of Métis in Space, studying in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta … Continue reading

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Frank Bailey — Black British Hidden Stories | Medium

Courtney Ismain Jul 5, 2019·2 min read A defender of black social progression When the government invited subjects of their Caribbean colonies to work in Britain following the Second World War, they expected them to return home after a few … Continue reading

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Brazil’s Yanomami people victims of illegal gold rush in Amazon rainforest

In the northern Brazilian state of Roraima, more and more illegal gold miners are invading indigenous land. This gold rush comes with the blessing of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro. Our reporters Fanny Lothaire and Laura Damase investigated the illegal activities … Continue reading

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How America became a superpower

 

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Violence erupts in Brazil after a black man is beaten to death outside supermarket

A black man has died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Black Consciousness Day. Videos of the incident circulated on social media and have sparked outrage and protests across … Continue reading

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China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World

China’s Uighur minority live a dystopian nightmare of constant surveillance and brutal policing. At least one million of them are believed to be living in what the U.N. described as a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy,” while … Continue reading

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Revenge of the tribes: How the American Empire could fall | Amy Chua | Big Think

Yale professor Amy Chua has two precautionary tales for Americans, and their names are Libya and Iraq. “We’re starting to see in America something that I’ve seen in other countries that is not good,” says Chua. “We don’t want to … Continue reading

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How the US poisoned Navajo Nation

The biggest radioactive spill in US history. As World War Two was ending, the growing nuclear arms race put the US in need of uranium. It turned to Navajo Nation, where the uranium mining industry thrived for four decades — … Continue reading

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