October 2020

The comments, shown in a new documentary, are the strongest yet from a pontificate that has taken a more tolerant and inclusive tone. By Jason Horowitz Oct. 21, 2020 Updated 6:05 p.m. ET ROME — Pope Francis expressed support for same-sex civil unions in remarks revealed in a documentary film that premiered on Wednesday, a significant break from…

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Have you ever heard of Cariuma? I hadn’t until recently. What about Rothys? Here are a few eco-friendly, recycled shoe brands: https://www.uniguide.com/recycled-shoes-brands/ https://earthyb.com/blog/sustainable-shoes/ https://ecoworldonline.com/8-best-sneakers-made-or-recycled-plastic/ https://www.businessinsider.com/sustainable-sneaker-brands https://www.sperry.com/en/bionic/

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For more information on black poets, and to read some incredible poetry, go to Africanamericanpoetry.org, or theroot.com, or poets.org, or curiosityshots.com – or search for the many other sites available. HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME POETS I ENJOY TO GET YOU STARTED: Gwendolyn Brooks Rita Dove Langston Hughes Lucille Clifton June Jordan Claudia Rankine Derek Walcott Kate Rushin…

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By Adam Parker [email protected] Oct 17, 2020  In 1965, the house at 270 Ashley Ave. was bulldozed. This was no ordinary Charleston house. This was the home of J. Arthur Brown, president of the South Carolina NAACP. This was the place where plans were laid — to integrate the Charleston County public schools, to join the Kress sit-ins —…

Read More Why highways were designed to run through Black communities. SC faces historic dilemma again.

[First a little introduction. The War of 1812 was fought between the British and their allies and the Americans and their allies. The British burned the White House down and took American prisoners. Francis Scott Key, a descendant of plantation slaveholders and brother in law of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney of Dred Scott…

Read More The ugly reason ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ didn’t become our national anthem for a century

BY SAMMY FRETWELL, ALI RAJ, AND SOFIA MOUTINHO OCTOBER 20, 2020 06:00 AM In North and South Carolina, sea-level rise is most noticeable in counties along the coast, where beaches shrink, dunes disappear and homes crumble, but the effects of climate change reach well inland. “Beyond the Beach” is a seven-part series examining the health toll that climate change…

Read More A flesh-eating bacteria lurking in the ocean is killing people in the Carolinas

I’ve been giving this some thought. The USA has always claimed to be a world leader, in other words #1. I decided to see what we are actually leading the world in. Here is what I found (read more HERE and HERE): Most coronavirus cases and deaths in the world Beef production (just under 20% of total global…

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