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Cultural anthropologist Barbara Miller offers updates about people, cultures, rights, and change, around the world. A critical but wishfully hopeful view.
Washington, D.C.
Joined August 2009
Feed your brain with some knowledge, entirely for free! Very very proud of the release of this book created entirely by the ECRs of @Animal_Feeding. Every single chapter is worth a read so dig in :) Big thanks @UCLpress for the smooth collaboration!
Congratulations to @AniMullan, Riley Smallman, @HerreBondt, & @EttieWaterman! Their #OpenAccess book The Hand that Feeds published today. Contributors include: @ArbitrioHumano & @ThatItchyGirl Read & download free at: https://t.co/P7IYuj7YmZ
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US: MAGA is MAGA-ing on human rights. This NPR article discusses several changes in the process and product of the US government's annual global human rights review
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Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
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A look at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, an archaeological site that attracts conspiracy theories. Lee Clare, an archaeologist who has led the excavation site for over a decade, has heard it all — including the outlandish theories. https://t.co/uHfmOP068r
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In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and leading to conspiracy theories.
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Grim results from a new National Science Foundation Survey
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Nature - More than two-thirds of people polled had witnessed sexual harassment or assault on the ice.
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Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history.Public access to these items at federal sites may be restricted or prohibited under Trump administration rules.
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Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.
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In memoriam: Ruth Krulfeld, long time anthropology professor at George Washington University and women’s rights advocate, dies at 94 https://t.co/Yt5Fc9xg6k
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It's not about being ready someday, it's about being ready every day. Train at home with your own personal VR shooting simulator.
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Gorillas to be further endangered: the Democratic Republic of the Congo is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks. https://t.co/zWVhVwxCvo
theguardian.com
Government launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people
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Hollywood, CA: report on a visit to Musk's new drive-in diner: hype and glitches
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The tech billionaire’s ‘retro-futuristic’ drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches – and adoring fans
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The Native telling of Sacagawea's story is "richer and more ambiguous"
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A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s most iconic Native forebear.
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Interview with a British surgeon about his latest stint in Gaza
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Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.
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Florida representative comments on her "curated" visit to "Alligator Alcatraz"
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Eskamani says detainees are being held in "cages."
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The only country in the world to do so, Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists
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Meddling in a UN investigation of human rights abuses in Gaza: Trump's rationale? That there are serious human rights abuses in Gaza and that the US is deeply implicated ?
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The State Department's decision to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows an unsuccessful campaign to force her removal.
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US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump https://t.co/qGx5BaTJm9 via @ConversationUK
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A recent judgment by the US Supreme Court calls into question the separation of powers established by the constitution.
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US: Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation
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The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, and white supremacy.
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Unmasking fascism: Edward Said’s pedagogy of wakefulness in an age of educational repression - https://t.co/MV55LOZXGi
counterpunch.org
For Said, intellectuals--those who are alive to thinking critically and acting bravely-- must engage critically with the world, confronting its injustices and inequalities, and using their positions...
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US: So far, Trump is not getting what he wants from this intervention
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Signs installed earlier in National Parks earlier in June asked for feedback on signs "that are negative about past or living Americans." Comments viewed by NPR didn't provide the requested feedback.
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Lessons about universal, affordable child care from Quebec https://t.co/xa0NZrNNZa
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Public childcare network is a win for everyone – kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example
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This war is an inevitable conclusion... One that is only a matter of time. Be the Monarch of Shadows and.... ARISE! 🔥
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