Protest march draws counter-protesters regarding proposed Lower Providence short-term housing facility “It’s being rushed through. We want them to table the vote,” said Lower Providence Township resident Kier Maloney, who organized the April 20 protest gathering and march. People have come ... 04/26/2024 - 1:49 am | View Link
Tens of thousands protest proposed economic, social reforms in Colombia Tens of thousands of Colombians marched Sunday to reject economic and social reforms being proposed by the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro, the latest in a series of demonstrations ... 04/21/2024 - 8:01 am | View Link
Local residents gather to protest short term housing facility in Lower Providence “I would like people to keep an open mind and learn the facts of things, but people have a right to their opinion and they have a right to protest,” he said. This time hasn’t been easy for ... 04/20/2024 - 6:28 am | View Link
UM students walk out amid divestment calls, groups blasting proposed 'anti-protest' policy Some students at the University of Michigan walked out of class on Thursday to protest the school's ties to Israel amid criticism from UM's proposed "Disruptive Activity Policy" sparked by a ... 04/4/2024 - 8:21 am | View Link
In sports-crazed Kansas City, a proposed stadium tax exposes deep divisions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In 1969, when Kansas City faced a funding gap for local summer programs, Ewing Kauffman came to the rescue. The pharmaceutical magnate had started the Royals that year as an ... 04/1/2024 - 3:56 am | View Link
Platon proudly calls himself a cultural provocateur. While other mononymous artists like Bono or Madonna use music to provoke, Platon communicates through photography. Photographs, he argues, are only effective if they “make you stop in your tracks to think about the times we’re living in”—they should “choke like mustard gas.” A professional photographer since the late ’90s, Platon has consistently applied this approach to his work creating images of boldface names across every sector, including President Barack Obama, Serena Williams, Prince, Mark Zuckerberg, Muammar Gaddafi, and President Vladimir Putin.
(WASHINGTON) — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday.
Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation.
When Victoria Hinckley, a 21-year-old student organizer at the University of South Florida, participated in a pro-Palestinian protest Tuesday evening, the night ended with tear gas and rubber bullets used by police against the activists.
“It makes me really disappointed, but more than anything, it really, really makes me angry to see this sort of response,” says Hinckley, who says she was suspended later that evening over email.
Perhaps the ad, which has run on an endless loop since the start of March Madness, just irks you. Maybe at this point it’s haunting your dreams, your soul, every freaking fiber of your DNA.
If you’ve watched an iota of sports on television over the past few months, you know the spot in question: two stylish guys wearing dark jackets, who it turns out are young Oklahoma City Thunder star basketball players Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren—though you might not know that if you aren’t a hoophead—walking out of a hotel, to the team bus, while singing a takeoff of the 1999 Christina Aguilera hit “What a Girl Wants.” In the ad, Holmgren tells Gilgeous-Alexander—often referred to simply as SGA—that AT&T “just sent me a heads-up on the best plan for me.” After SGA approves, Holmgren says, “They know what a pro wants.” SGA responds, “What a pro needs.” Then the singing.
(WASHINGTON) — Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age.
The legislation calls for the federal government to spend more on clinical trials on menopause as well as the hormone therapy that is used to treat hot flashes and other symptoms.
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Berry, 57, shouted about menopause outside the U.
In his first public remarks on this week’s campus protests, President Joe Biden criticized much of the unrest over the Israel-Hamas war erupting at colleges across the country, saying “none of this is a peaceful protest.”
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“Destroying property is not a peaceful protest,” Biden said Thursday. “It is against the law.