The Baltimore Sun
In her office on the sixth floor of City Hall, reminders of Isabel Mercedes Cumming’s heritage are everywhere. There are seashells and a flag from Puerto Rico, where she spent every summer of her young life. There is a framed photo of her mother, who spoke Spanish to Cumming at home and raised her daughter with one big lesson: Do something to change someone’s life for the better.
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A Maryland State Police trooper fatally shot a man who police said dragged the trooper more than a third of a mile after being pulled over on Interstate 95 in Elkridge early Friday morning, officials said.
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They are a small but growing slice of Baltimore’s population: Between 2012 to 2018, U.S. census figures show, the city’s Hispanic and Latino population grew by about 20%. The Baltimore Sun asked five Latino activists about the forces affecting the community and the changes they want to see.
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Through poetry, Alok Vaid-Menon and Alán Peláez López are helping to foster support systems that were disrupted by COVID-19.
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Korean-Swedish artist Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom is addressing the hostility Asians increasingly are facing during the COVID-19 global pandemic in a series of one-panel comics.
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As communities scale back the size of their gatherings amid the pandemic, many museums are temporarily shut down as a precautionary measure. But that doesn’t mean their collections and other online art exhibits can’t be viewed from home.
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The World Bank estimates that by 2050, there will be 143 million climate change-driven migrants from the regions of Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia alone.
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“To me, flamenco is a melting pot of outcast cultures,” says Phyllis Akinyi. “I view myself as somewhat of an outcast, of a mixture of cultures, of someone who doesn’t necessarily fit in.” Born in Copenhagen to a Kenyan father and a Danish mother, Phyllis is an anthropologist, dance teacher, and bailaora de flamenco who now lives in Madrid.
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In Gilgit, a rural region of north Pakistan, Shaheen I-Tech Lab is living proof that the internet and feminism go hand-in-hand. Created exclusively for women, the computer lab provides a safe, productive, and collaborative space to access the internet, free of cost.
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Leading small-group tours in Southeast Asia, the company hires local female guides who have broken into the male-dominated tourist industry.
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Phoenix resettlement agencies partnered this July to host a summer program for 40 refugee boys and girls.
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Edris was resettled from Iraq as a Special Immigrant Visa holder after working with the US military. He now welcomes newly arrived refugees as a Housing Case Worker.
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An outdoor market like no other brought community and cultures together.
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Tappetite is an IPhone app that combines baked goods with social impact and is empowering Syrian women to become financially independent.
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She had failed before; this was not her first attempt. A former job cleaning airplanes had severely damaged her eyes, making it difficult to read or write. Juggling graveyard shifts and raising her children, Isatta Passawe overcame obstacles for a dream that took years to achieve.
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A resolution approved unanimously in December extended cross-border deliveries to rebel-held areas, but aid groups say diplomacy has not translated into action
The Independent
Policy has received criticism from University students and the National Iranian American Council
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Drivers on the London Underground have voted to strike over the firing of a co-worker who reportedly failed an alcohol breath test before going on duty.
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The campus visitor was kept secret until the morning of the event, and att endees had to win their golden tickets through a lott ery system. The news caused such a frenzy around campus—proving that a boy band from the 60s can still make fans weak at the knees half a century later.
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