Photo credit: Texas Observer Damascus James started exchanging letters with people in Texas prisons several years ago. This project evolved into Texas Letters, a collection of letters written by people living in solitary confinement. The project’s second volume is out now. James will discuss the project in a conversation about mass incarceration in an event…
Photo credit: Reuters The Central American nation of Nicaragua has said it is breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel. Reuters reports that, in a statement in which the Nicaraguan government described the Israeli government as “fascist” and “genocidal,” it said the break in relations was due to Israel’s attacks on Palestinian territories. The nation’s congress…
Photo credit: CBC A Seoul-based non-profit organized a program intended to raise awareness about the challenges faced by refugees and defectors from North Korea seeking asylum in Canada on Thursday. CBC reports that refugees from the country shared their stories of hardship, escape and survival with Winnepeggans at the event. Freedom Speakers International, which helps…
Photo credit: Facebook I had wanted to post something on how and why I think Canada is fast replacing the US as the land of opportunities before I attended an event yesterday. The event which continues today is the ‘Faire Nationale de L’Eemploi’ which is being held at Place Bonaventure in the city of Montreal….
Photo credit: Nairaland I read someone’s complaints about their juniors, in school, who had stopped referring to them as ‘senior’. I decided to make this post in order to show, in the first place, that seniority is not for ever. Second, if a person didn’t misuse his ‘seniority’, he becomes an ‘egbon’, as older siblings…
Photo credit: Euro News The Hamas strike is no longer news. Neither is the Israeli reaction. Of course, the seemingly unending Russo-Ukrainian war is still thereThe Sudan conflict continues, and Syria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and many others are in turmoil. We can’t discount the forceful takeover of government in some countries. Which group of people is…
