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Social justice
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

'A small light at the end of a big tunnel' - full excavation begins today at former Tuam mother and baby home

Forensic excavation at the Tuam site begins following the emotional visit of family members seeking closure for the lost children.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

480 sheeps' heads in jars: Dark Mofo opens with another gory provocation

Nathan Maynard's art installation explores violence and historical trauma through the display of embalmed sheep's heads in a thought-provoking and unsettling manner.
fromwww.esquire.com
1 month ago

Here's More Damning Evidence That Trump's Administration Is Re-Establishing White Supremacy

Haskell Indian Nations University faces imminent funding cuts that threaten its operations and future.
Germany news
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 months ago

Berkeley WWII veteran, 99, helped liberate Nazi concentration camp. Now he warns of fascism in U.S.

George Leitmann's wartime experiences in Germany deeply impacted him, particularly witnessing the horrific execution of children by the Waffen SS.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Tribes sue U.S. government over deaths, abuse at boarding schools

"Resources were dedicated to harm our people, to weaponize the education system against our people," said Tasha R. Mousseau, vice president of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.
US news
Black Lives Matter
fromArtforum
4 months ago

Nona Faustine (1977-2025)

Nona Faustine, a prominent artist, passed away, leaving behind a powerful legacy that explored themes of Black womanhood and historical trauma.
fromHigh Country News
5 months ago

Filipinos that strike - High Country News

To gather as a collective with fellow workers in the Philippines is to challenge an entrenched feudal structure designed to crush us and keep us silent.
LA food
Women
fromWashington Post
5 months ago

Gil Won-ok, memory keeper of wartime sex slavery by Japan, dies at 96

Gil Won-ok, a prominent voice for 'comfort women', died at 96, highlighting the ongoing struggle for recognition and justice for wartime sexual slavery.
philosophy
fromThe Conversation
5 months ago

Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it's human rights an archaeologist describes the day that lesson hit home

Repatriation of ancestral remains and artifacts is essential for addressing historical injustices and building ties with Indigenous communities.
fromColossal
7 months ago

Nicholas Galanin Hews Visions of the Present From Indigenous Knowledge, Land, and Memory

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition explains that the purpose of the schools was "expressly intended to implement cultural genocide through the removal and reprogramming of American Indian and Alaska Native children to accomplish the systematic destruction of Native cultures and communities."
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
fromtime.com
8 months ago

How Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin Made a Different Kind of Holocaust Movie

Eisenberg critiques exploitative portrayals of the Holocaust in cinema while aiming for a realistic representation through his film, 'A Real Pain'.
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