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Food Lover African #BlackFeminist scholar-activist PanAfroFem LGBTQIA+🌈 Friendly <3 Views = mine RT/Like ≠ necessarily endorsement Fr and Eng Working on a Graphic novel & book projects on African Black feminisms https://rosendengue.com

Canada ran a segregated Indigenous hospital system for thirty-five years—and most Canadians have never even heard of it. Author Elaine Dewar uncovers a parallel health network that was chronically understaffed, medically inferior, and rife with abuse. https://ow.ly/t4Ln50YPwA7

On the left: a sepia-toned image of a two-storey brick hospital with pine trees out front. On the right: text that reads “How residential school students became victims of Nazi race science. Torn from loved ones, Indigenous children suffered brutal medical injustices.”

Masafer Yatta: Where the crime is complete. Settlers install razor wire to block the path to education, while heavily armed occupation soldiers stand guard over this siege, preventing children from reaching their classrooms. t.me/Eyeonpalesti...

Eye On Palestine

Masafer Yatta: Where the crime is complete. Settlers install razor wire to block the path to education, while heavily armed occupation soldiers stand guard over this siege, preventing children from re...

t.me

One of the assignments my students had to do this term was to write a short critical essay about impacts of the use of AI on black feminist knowledge, and life experience of black/subalternized communities. I've started grading their work and I have to say I am proud of their work 😍

Darkness had fallen on 27 June 1985 when Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto set off on the 150-mile drive back from a meeting of anti-apartheid activists in the South African city of Port Elizabeth, now known as Gqeberha. They never made it home. /1

Justice denied: why families of apartheid victims are still searching for answers

Struggle for justice symbolises limitations of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose hearings began 30 years ago

theguardian.com

The number of overdose deaths of First Nations in British Columbia dropped by about a third in 2025 but the population continues to be disproportionately impacted by the province’s toxic drug crisis that has killed more than 18,000 people in the last decade.

First Nations overdose deaths in B.C. drop in 2025, but still disproportionally high

The number of overdose deaths of First Nations in B.C. dropped by about a third in 2025 but the population continues to be disproportionately impacted by the province's toxic drug crisis.

cheknews.ca

CROCKETT: Professor, are you saying you believe it's constitutional for the US to blow up people that are accused of being drug traffickers? "It's not going to be a yes or no answer" CROCKETT: I'm going to stop you there. It's unconstitutional.

No matter how desperately our politicians try to convince us otherwise, Israel isn't good for us. The new U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which Americans overwhelmingly do not want, is the latest proof of that. It's time for us to end the relationship. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/its-... #Palestine #Israel

It’s time for America to break up with Israel

No matter how desperately our politicians try to convince us otherwise, Israel isn’t good for us. The new U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which Americans overwhelmingly do not want, is the latest proof of...

mondoweiss.net

The chief of Membertou First Nation remains at odds with the Nova Scotia government over the Mi'kmaq treaty right to sell unregulated cannabis. Chief Terry Paul is speaking out after recent RCMP raids on Indigenous-owned cannabis operations.

Chief says Mi'kmaq have treaty right to sell cannabis amid raids

A First Nation chief is insisting the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia have a treaty right to grow and sell unregulated cannabis-the province disagrees.

aptnnews.ca

A woman with Long Covid won almost one million dollars in a lawsuit against her employer who refused to allow her work from home accommodations. May this set a precedent. Remote work should be accessible to all who need it. It’s a game changer for people with disabilities.

Long-COVID Sufferer Awarded Nearly $1M After Employer Refused to Let Her Work From Home | Law.com

A jury in Nassau County awarded $954,000 to a longtime employee of Stony Brook University Hospital Blood Bank.

law.com

ICE has been holding a disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor in a camp for a year. He’s been in the US since he was two years old. It’s all he knows. When they detained him, they denied him access to new prosthetic legs. His health is declining.

A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE. It includes: -Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 -The MN AFL-CIO -SEIU Local 26 -UNITE HERE Local 17 -CWA Local 7250 -Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators -Faith leaders And more. 🧵

From my hometown of Forest Lake: "Ice is working with Forest Lake police. Police are asking apartment complexes for access to buildings for 'possible medical emergencies' shortly after they requested that ice was in my building knocking on doors."

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The US has the highest maternal mortality of any developed country … and it’s about to get a lot worse. Why? Pregnant women are afraid to go to the hospital for care. They’re labouring at home alone because ICE will grab them as soon as they give birth. This is dystopian.