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☆ Book bans are accelerating across the country amid right-wing pressure campaign
  + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
But, as they try to claim that mantle, many of those same forces in media and politics are behind a disturbing wave of book bans sweeping the nation. PEN America, a non-profit organization committed to protecting free expression, published an alarming report Tuesday indicating that the “book ban crisis” is only getting worse. “There were over 4,000 instances of book bans in the first half of this school year—more than all of last school year as a whole. In doing so, they have also disproportionately targeted books by women and nonbinary authors,” PEN America said. Ted Shaffrey/APSuch brazen book bans — unprecedented in modern American history — is at its worst in the red states of Florida and Texas.
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☆ I visited Helsinki, Finland's capital city. I can see why it's one of the happiest places in the world — even if the locals don't think so.
  + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The city has a strong sense of communityHelsinki may be a capital city, but at times it felt like a small town. Visit Finland calls design an "essential cornerstone of the city," integral to the way the capital city functions. Public spaces, such as Oodi Helsinki's new central library, receive large amounts of state funding for construction. InsiderHelsinki's public spaces are often built to blend into natural settings. The city felt safeFinland benefits from high levels of social trust — and despite being the capital, Helsinki is no different.
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☆ Philosopher, Slaver and, Now, Former Face of Trinity College Library
  + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Ed O Loughlin | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Trinity College Dublin has decided to seek a new name for its central library, the Berkeley, after concluding that the alumnus it honors, the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley, owned slaves in colonial Rhode Island and wrote pamphlets supportive of slavery. A fellow of Trinity and the former librarian there, Berkeley is regarded by academics as one of the most influential thinkers of the early modern period. Some view his philosophical and scientific ideas on perception and reality as foreshadowing the work of Albert Einstein. But last month, the governing board of Trinity, Ireland’s oldest university, announced that it had voted to “dename” the library after months of research and consultation by a group established to review problematic legacies. The group based its recommendations on an analysis of historical records, already in the public domain, showing that Berkeley had purchased several enslaved people for a plantation that he operated while living in Rhode Island from 1729 to 1732.
☆ How These Budding Entrepreneurs Won $20,000 for Their Start-Ups
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Winnie Hu | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Teaching remotely, Ms. Adams put the money that she saved by not commuting toward trying out recipes for vegan muffins, reduced-sugar cookies and low-carb pizzas. A few months ago, Ms. Adams received a newsletter from her landlord, the New York City Housing Authority, which announced a new competition for entrepreneurs living in public housing. It offered cash prizes of up to $20,000 and free business development classes. “I thought it was fake,” Ms. Adams said. She called the housing authority to make sure it was real.
☆ Opinion: We want a choice instead of Charles
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Opinion Graham Smith | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
CNN —When King Charles rumbles up the road from Buckingham Palace in his horse drawn carriage on May 6, off to his coronation, I will be nearby, protesting for the abolition of the British monarchy. According to a recent Savanta poll, support for abolition – that is, Britain having an elected head of state – is close to a third. Protesters hold signs reading "Not My King" behind well wishers gathered for the arrival of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla at the Liverpool Central Library on April 26, 2023. So, when we shout “Not My King!” at Charles, it is a proud statement of democratic principle – that we recognise no person’s claim to be above us because of birth. On May 6 it’s about saying very clearly, we want an election instead of a coronation, and a choice instead of Charles.
☆ Charles' coronation seized on by republicans as chance to ditch monarchy
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
They believe Charles' accession to the throne presents their best chance of ending the monarchy, which traces its history back more than 1,000 years. Anti-monarchy protests are relatively small, and polls show the majority of Britons still want a royal family. Charles wants a slimmed-down monarchy which would be less expensive to run and his mother said the royal family only existed with the support of the people. Demonstrations against the monarchy are also planned in the capitals of Scotland and Wales on the day of the coronation. "Younger people are moving away from the royal family in their droves," he said.
☆ The Visions of Octavia Butler
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Lynell George | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +27 min
As a science fiction writer, Butler forged a new path and envisioned bold possibilities. Mural with a portrait of Octavia Butler and her name, composed of dots of various densities in 3-D space. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant. “‘Kindred’ was a story of ordinary people trapped in fantastic circumstances,” Butler wrote in a 1988 notebook. Her point of view was one not traditionally found in science fiction and, simply by writing, she demanded a larger world.
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