Charity and activism
Anything to do with Charity and activism
Alan
@Alan -
about 4 years ago
'Daily Show' Creator Lizz Winstead's Entrepreneurial Fight for Reproductive Rights
September 15, 2020 9 min readLizz Winstead is a fighter. She fought to get Comedy Central's The Daily Show, which she co-created, on the air in 1996. She persevered in co-founding the beloved-but-short-lived Air America radio network (featuring hosts/raconteurs including ...continued
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Devin
@Devin -
about 3 years ago
No, CBS, We Don't Need A Reality Game Show About Charity
Alexandra Budabin, University of Dayton and Lisa Ann Richey, Copenhagen Business School CBS quickly backpedaled after an announcement about “The Activist,” a new reality TV series it planned to broadcast, drew widespread backlash. The show was going to pit te…
7 minutes read
Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
about 1 year ago
I’m getting malaria to help eradicate it (and you can too)
Powerful new vaccines — and challenge trials around new drugs — are taking the fight to one of the world’s biggest killers.
8 minutes read
Hannah
@Hannah -
12 months ago
Emma Stone Reanimated In ‘Poor Things’, Wim Wenders’ 3D Homage To Anselm Kiefer & ‘Waitress: The ...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Venice Golden Lion Winner Poor Things is here with Searchlight Pictures sewing up nine theaters in four major markets for leg one of the Emma Stone-starring surreal-period-comedy-horror. The film debuts in NYC (AMC Lincoln Square, Regal Unio…
7 minutes read
Josiah
@Josiah -
over 4 years ago
Browns GM Andrew Berry challenges team, fans on social justice
Jeremy Fowler reports on what he has heard from various NFL players about what is expected for kneeling and other protests this season. (0:43)What can we expect to see in NFL player protests this season? (0:43)They laid flowers to mourn and to remember.On the same day the...continued
8 minutes read
Marjory
@Marjory -
6 months ago
Links 5/15/2024
Our tailored daily links: Smoking backfire, more China EV consternation, Hamas attacks in north, Putin reshuffle, North Carolina v. masks, Georgia disclosure riots, Stormy Daniels threat, Steve Keen crisis warning, non-compliant royals, Wlamart layoffs
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Jarod
@Jarod -
over 2 years ago
Trump hits another snag: 6 takeaways from a big primary night
Some of the former president's least favorite Republicans survived their primaries. But in California, Democrats appear to have a turnout problem.
7 minutes read
Moises
@Moises -
6 months ago
David Boaz, RIP
The longtime Cato Institute executive vice president was one of his era's most effective explainers of libertarianism.
8 minutes read
Giles
@Giles -
over 4 years ago
What's next after flood of US racial equity donations?
Image copyright AFP via Getty Images Image caption George Floyd's death sparked protests - and donationsDuring the global anti-racism protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, corporations, celebrities and regular people chose to show support for the cause with donati...continued
7 minutes read
Muriel
@Muriel -
8 months ago
The US war on reproductive rights should concern women everywhere
Women in the UK and across Europe will also suffer
8 minutes read
Hannah
@Hannah -
almost 3 years ago
How Portland’s activists are bringing mutual aid to the homeless
Steven Stroud says when he was released from prison in 2020, where he’d wound up due to becoming addicted to doctor-prescribed opioids and eventually heroin, the Portland, Oregon, streets where he grew up had changed. The pandemic had shut down most of the al…
8 minutes read
Giles
@Giles -
over 1 year ago
Meteorologist resigns after receiving death threats for climate change coverage
In Des Moines, Iowa, Chris Gloninger has been the top meteorologist at KCCI-TV, the city's CBS affiliate. Gloninger has been reporting on a subject that meteorologists are well aware of: climate change — and some far-right MAGA Republicans have responded with…
8 minutes read
Cameron
@Cameron -
over 2 years ago
Al Sharpton Net Worth: Age, Height, Weight, Assets, House, Career
Al Sharpton for those of you who do not know is a civil rights activist, politician, author, and talk show host. He also hosts a radio show called Keepin It Real! He is also very regular with making guest appearances in many cable news shows. Al Sharpton has …
8 minutes read
Wilmer
@Wilmer -
over 2 years ago
Anti-Vlad Russians Leaving...
Anti-Vlad Russians Leaving... (Second column, 3rd story, link) Related stories:Putin practices nuke strikes, chemical attack... Why Has He Shown Restraint? U.S. Intel Helping Ukraine Kill Generals...
8 minutes read
Nestor
@Nestor -
over 3 years ago
The Coinbase IPO kicked off a new era in crypto—or did it?
The biggest crypto exchange in the US faces mounting competition abroad and in cyberspace.
7 minutes read
Hulda
@Hulda -
almost 5 years ago
Free food facility opened at PIMS
Free food facility opened at PIMSSania Nishtar says govt to open 1,200 soup kitchens, while shelter home also planned for the hospitalISLAMABAD: At least 1,200 soup kitchens (or public doles of free food) will be opened across the country to help the destitute, inclu...continued
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
almost 4 years ago
Trust And Foundations Global Market Report 2020-30: COVID-19 Growth And Change
Major players in the trust and foundations market are United Way Worldwide, Feeding America, Task Force for Global Health, Salvation Army, American National ...
8 minutes read
Emmie
@Emmie -
over 5 years ago
Man wins lawsuit against brewery that discounted ‘pink’ beer for females
'I was forced to identify as female'Who do you have to sue to get a cheap beer around here?Scottish brewery BrewDog temporarily rebranded their Punk IPA as Pink IPA, in celebration of International Women’s Day 2018, replacing their usually blue labels with pink ones. Thos...continued
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Hannah
@Hannah -
over 2 years ago
BLM leader and founder of anti-violence nonprofit indicted for using donations for meals and trips
A BLM activist has been charged over a huge fraud which is said to have included blowing a grant intended for young men at risk of violence on trips to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack.
7 minutes read
Maida
@Maida -
over 5 years ago
Craig Kielburger: Bringing Pride Canada-wide
Craig Kielburger: Bringing Pride Canada-wideIn January, 12-year-old Ethan came out as bisexual. Having grown up in diverse Ottawa, host of Capital Pride, Ethan thought nothing of coming out to his peers even though his family had recently moved to the nearby smaller town ...continued
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Bart
@Bart -
9 months ago
‘Speak to people’s values’: A climate psychologist’s guide to confronting denial and delayism
Many people are victims of their own emotional response to the climate crisis, rather than villains, writes Jessica Kleczka.
7 minutes read
Clarissa
@Clarissa -
about 2 years ago
What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill review – a thrilling prescription for humanity
Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic, a philosopher’s guide to ‘ethical living’ for dangerous times“Lately I’m getting the feeling that I came in at the end,” Tony Soprano tells his therapist at their first session, and it’s natural to feel the…
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
over 5 years ago
My search for compostable Ziplocs shows the huge branding problem for sustainable products
Why is finding compostable Ziplocs so difficult?Fisk Johnson, CEO of the SC Johnson company, has been using his Twitter feed to shed light on the problem of global plastic pollution, and the results have had me glued to my screen even more than usual. Gorgeous and disturb...continued
4 minutes read
Leda
@Leda -
over 3 years ago
Greta Thunberg: A timeline of her climate activism
‘Greta Thunberg: A Year To Change The World’ will air at 9pm on BBC1, Monday night
7 minutes read
Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
over 3 years ago
Greta Thunberg: a timeline of her climate activism
‘Greta Thunberg: A Year To Change The World’ will air at 9pm on BBC1, Monday night
7 minutes read