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  • About  bellingcat

    Bellingcat is an independent international collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social media investigation to probe a variety of subjects – from Mexican drug lords and crimes against humanity, to tracking the use of chemical… Continue reading

  • A long tradition… Black Women leading a charge for justice with little or no help

    Why has it taken more than 20 years and testimony by about 50 accusers to get to this moment [R. Kelly finally charged for all of his sexual abuses]? Because we live in a country where a history of racism… Continue reading

    A long tradition… Black Women leading a charge for justice with little or no help
  • OP/ED When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy

    A committed egalitarian, [Frances E. W. Harper] balked when suffragists embraced a definition of “women” that included only the educated and the affluent. In a now famous speechgiven in New York, Harper told the audience that fates of black and… Continue reading

    OP/ED When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy
  • Taking a razor to toxic masculinity

    Today, the battle for men’s souls reached an extraordinary new frontier: men’s shaving brands. On Tuesday, Gillette released an ad that takes stock of a handful of cultural issues that have always lingered just beneath the surface but became full-blown… Continue reading

    Taking a razor to toxic masculinity
  • Julián Castro 2020 

    Julian Castro, Secretary of HUD in the Obama administration and a former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, …vowed to introduce universal pre-kindergarten for American children by expanding a program he introduced as mayor of San Antonio. He also promised to… Continue reading

    Julián Castro 2020 
  • Mistaken Identity by Asad Haider | Books | The Guardian

    Identity politics finds critics everywhere. Throw a rock at a rack of newspapers and you’ll probably hit an editorial condemning it. Conservatives such as Republican House speaker Paul Ryan blame it for polarisation, while liberals like the Columbia University historian… Continue reading

    Mistaken Identity by Asad Haider | Books | The Guardian
  • ‘One of a kind’ Egyptian tomb discovery revealed

    The tomb, found in the Saqqara pyramid complex near Cairo, is filled with colourful hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs. Decorative scenes show the owner, a royal priest named Wahtye, with his mother, wife and other relatives. Archaeologists will start excavating… Continue reading

    ‘One of a kind’ Egyptian tomb discovery revealed
  • Star Wars and Technological Advancements unto Death

    It’s called Star Wars. Not Star Trek, not Star Peace, not Star Friends, not even Star Tales. This gargantuan fictional universe is labeled with a title that guarantees the ability to travel space… and near-constant warfare. We can debate the… Continue reading

    Star Wars and Technological Advancements unto Death
  • Escape From the Trump Cult

    Millions of Americans are blindly devoted to their Dear Leader. What will it take for them to snap out of it? …manipulating the media, Trump tore pages from the us-against-them playbook of the European far right and presented them to… Continue reading

    Escape From the Trump Cult