(2023-03-24). Beyoncé Follows Kanye West Out Of Adidas Partnership: Was The Math Mathin'? moguldom.com Many people saw this coming. Superstar Beyoncé and Adidas have parted ways. Her troubled Ivy Park activewear line will no longer be under the Adidas brand. This break comes on the heels of Adidas ending a multi-year deal with Kanye West that has cost the German sneaker company at least $1billion. Beyoncé and Adidas entered …
(2023-03-24). Police Use "Less Lethal" Weapons to Crush Social Movements Across the World. truthout.org This week, the City of Philadelphia agreed to a $9.25 million settlement with protesters who were brutalized with tear gas and pepper spray during demonstrations following the murder of George Floyd in late May 2020. Such accountability for police who crush protests with crowd-control weapons is rare both in the United States and across the world. The settlement comes as researchers report that… |
(2023-03-25). [Perspectives] Black women in medicine in the USA: telling their stories. thelancet.com The name Elizabeth Blackwell is probably familiar. Born in the UK, she was the first woman in the USA to be awarded a medical degree. In Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century, Jasmine Brown spans over 150 years to introduce nine less well known names: Black American women who became physicians. These were remarkable women. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831—95) was, in 1864, the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the USA.
(2023-03-25). Canadian Tire Fire #56: International Day Against Police Brutality, Protesting Grocery Store Price Gouging, Mining Convention Disrupted. itsgoingdown.org 
This week we cover news from the International Day Against Police Brutality, and actions disrupting business as usual at a grocery store and a mining conference. In Montreal, a banner was dropped in solidarity with those arrested for fighting Cop City in Atlanta, and in remembrance of Tortuguita. "At the edge of Weelaunee forest, every…
(2023-03-24). Netanyahu given UK backing amid deepening Israeli crisis and repression of Palestinians. wsws.org The day before Netanyahu's leaving for London, at least 75 protesters were arrested during the latest anti-government "day of disruption" in Israel.