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How an Instagram hashtag blacked out the Black Lives Matter movement

July 31, 2020
Alec Rosenthal
And We Rise, Culture, Justice & Equality, News, On Media

The confusion surrounding the campaign was a lesson in performative activism, which takes place when an individual uses activism and the guise of being an activist for self-gain. Usually it benefits only the self-described activist and not the movement they are claiming to support.

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#MeToo inspires change within the South Asian community

July 31, 2020
Kanchan Naik
And We Rise, Asia, Culture, Interview, Justice & Equality, News, South Asia, Twitter Embed, USA, Women

“Our generation didn’t have the language. Growing up, my parents didn’t understand the culture, so I had to understand these boundaries by myself,” Prabha said.

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A small city sounds a big message on Black Lives Matter

The Routt County Courthouse is 912 miles away from 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, the place where George Floyd was killed. Yet despite its distance from that scene and its relative lack of racial diversity, it was one of hundreds of cities, big and small, that sprang into action in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

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@dear Instagram accounts prompt painful discussions, public disclosures about elite private schools

July 22, 2020
Grace Sandman
And We Rise, Culture, Education, Interview, Investigative Reports, Justice & Equality, News, Twitter Embed, USA

By Grace Sandman, Newsroom By the Bay Editor’s note: This story mentions racism, anti-Semitism and sexual harassment involving high school students, which may be distressing for some readers. PASADENA, California — The handles — typically, “@dear” or “@blackat” and then…

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“Let me try” — pioneering journalist Najia Ashar shares backstory of becoming a broadcaster in Pakistan

July 22, 2020
Marwa Chohan
Asia, Crisis & Conflicts, Culture, Interview, Justice & Equality, On Media, Twitter Embed, Women

Initially, “I didn’t know what journalism was and I didn’t have any idea that I would join journalism,” Ashar said. “I just wanted to read. I just wanted to write. I just wanted to study.” By the time she left university, however, her interest in the media had been sparked.

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Tackling mental health in a virtual world

Student Mary King studies in the blue light of her laptop screen in this long-distance portrait taken by FaceTime in late April. Photo by Dustin Duong for WLL. Editor's note: Click here for the What Learning Looks Like project. By…

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Special report: What learning looks like

July 17, 2020
Grace Sandman
Education, News, Top Stories, Uncategorized

Lost and confused, yet resilient and open to change, students describe how coronavirus has changed their lives The doors to a cafeteria at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, are locked on Tuesday, July 7, with a sign…

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Caught between convictions and coronavirus, early-release prisoners face unique challenges

July 16, 2020
Jonas Shladovsky
Crisis & Conflicts, Justice & Equality, News, USA

For any inmate who has served a sentence, the path to successfully reentering society is challenging. But for the prisoners who are being released amid a pandemic, coming home has an entirely new meaning.

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Simplifying college admissions anxiety during COVID-19

Here’s what to expect if you’re a recent high school graduate with plans to attend college in the fall or a rising senior, and how to make sense of it all.

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Fullerton Joint Union High School District set to implement hybrid learning model

July 15, 2020
Tyler Pak
Education, News, USA

The Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees voted 5-0 to approve a tentative hybrid learning schedule on June 29, incorporating both in-person and distance learning.

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