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(Update) A Clever And Funny Ebola Panic Parody You Should All Watch
Update: After getting some constructive feedback, Michael decided to take down the original video and replace with one that more clearly poked fun at the stupid panic and paranoia by American and Fox...
View ArticleEU to Increase Ebola Aid to 1 Billion Euro
European Union Heads of Government have been meeting in Brussels over Thursday and Friday. Leaders meet regularly under the aegis of the European Council. The move had been signaled earlier this...
View ArticleGood News: Weekly Ebola Deaths at Monrovia Fall. Public Health and Antiviral...
The West Africans have been catching media Hell for months now. They are blamed for everything from living in filth to pursuing strange funeral practices. Too dumb to fight off the Ebola virus. It's a...
View ArticleLiberia's last Ebola patient released from hospital
To quote the Vice President, this is a Big F'n Deal:The last Ebola patient in Liberia was released from a hospital Thursday, according to media reports. Beatrice Yardolo, 58, was discharged from the...
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Media's Hillary obsession doesn't extend to what the Clinton Foundation...
Former President Bill Clinton is pushing back against the attacks on the Clinton Foundation's fundraising, pointing to the side of the story the media is less interested in telling: what the...
View ArticleEbola: Good News, But Not Over
There is good news on Ebola, but you have to go looking for it. There are very few active cases known to the World Health Organization (WHO) today, and a few hundred of their contacts are being...
View ArticleThe Everyday Horror of the Atlantic Slave Trade
As a graduate student in the history of the Atlantic World in the nineteenth century, I have read a lot of material dealing with the impact and brutality of the Atlantic slave trade. Although I have...
View ArticleNo Ebola for One Week
Yes, it's a first since this outbreak began. No, that doesn't mean it's all over, and besides, Ebola fears continue to kill people, notably new mothers and newborns. But we are definitely getting close...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Travels to Africa to Promote Women's Education; Republicans Whine
The President and First Lady are taking on an initiative to address barriers keeping 62 million women around the world from getting an education. Given the tragic attack on Istanbul recently, it is...
View ArticleWhat's your favorite childhood memory of the Fourth of July?
Mine involve the piece of territory pictured above: the US Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia situated on the Atlantic Ocean.I grew up on a compound just outside of Monrovia also on the Atlantic. Every...
View ArticleFebruary 6, 2017 Open Thread; happy Waitangi Day
February 6 is the 37th day of the year. There are 328 days left. -Today's number is 6-6 is 6 is the sum of its proper divisors (1, 2, & 3), which makes it a perfect number. It is the smallest...
View ArticleInternational Elections Digest: Netherlands hosts 2017's first major battle...
Welcome to the first International Elections Digest of 2017! In this month's edition, we preview all the major elections on tap for the coming year, worldwide. The Digest is compiled by Stephen Wolf...
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Black Kos, Week In Review
Commentary: African American Scientist and InventorsbyBlack Kos Editor, Sephius1Mathematician and professor of mathematics Trachette Jackson was born on July 24, 1972. She attended a large public high...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: News Over There
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico,...
View ArticleLiberian Laboratory for School Privatization Schemes – Alan Singer’s Latest...
Liberian Laboratory for School Privatization Schemes – Alan Singer’s Latest Huffington PostBusinesses, foundations, and so-called “reform” groups pushing to privatize and profit from education around...
View ArticleWhat Trump World Schools Look Like – Alan Singer’s Latest Huffington Post
What Trump World Schools Look Like – Alan Singer’s Latest Huffington Posthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59b660aee4b0bef3378ce1d5Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos champion the...
View ArticleInternational Elections Digest: Merkel easily wins again, but Germany's far...
Leading Off•Germany –parliament (Sept. 24); Lower Saxony –state parliament (Oct. 15)For an election where a long-term leader was widely expected to win re-election and did so comfortably, Germany's...
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Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile
Racist, sexist"hat attacks" are not new.Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-VelezI am not going to post any of the vile racist, sexist attacks made about Congresswoman Frederica Wilson over...
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Black Kos, Week In Review
Voices and SoulBY JUSTICE PUTNAM, BLACK KOS POETRY EDITORIn the economic warfare that has been raging for decades, the divisions of the economic classes have widened. The rich, though a small number,...
View ArticleInternational Elections Digest: Spain in crisis after violent crackdown on...
The Daily Kos International Elections Digest is compiled by Stephen Wolf and David Beard, with additional contributions from James Lambert, Daniel Nichanian, Daniel Donner, and Julia van Hoogstraten,...
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Black Kos, It CAN happen here, 2018 is the year to fight back to make sure it...
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."Before writing this year’s opener I first had to look back at the last two years of Black Kos openers.When I wrote...
View ArticleInternational Elections Digest: Czech president, a fan of Trump and Putin,...
The Daily Kos International Elections Digest is compiled by Stephen Wolf and David Beard, with additional contributions from James Lambert, Daniel Nichanian, Daniel Donner, and Julia van Hoogstraten,...
View ArticleTrump continues ramping up mass deportation agenda by ending protections for...
Presidents from both parties had previously extended, without controversy, protections for Liberians who had fled two brutal civil wars—until now. This week, the Trump administration ordered Liberian...
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Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile
Liberia — America’s former colony in Africa.Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-VelezThe Orange Dastard in the White House recently announced the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and...
View ArticleFollowing Trump ending protections for Liberians, Minnesota mom may be...
Minnesota teen Gabrielle Gworlekaju lost her dad in a car crash about three years ago, leaving her mom Magdalene Menyongaro a single parent. But Gabrielle transformed her pain into a personal mission,...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: News from Over There
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico and...
View ArticleWhat Needs Rethinking to Make Another World Possible?
I miss my optimism. She’s hiding deep in shadow, in a place that has more in common with the Kali Yuga than the messianic era. She’s trying to wedge herself into a future of chaos and oppression in...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: News from the Global South
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Besame, Doctor RJ, Magnifico and...
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A paved road to hell: how a charity for girls betrayed their trust and...
Katie Meyler had a dream. After a yearlong internship with a religious charity in Liberia in 2006, she dreamed of a free school for Liberian girls, a refuge from the dangers and hardships they face...
View Article'Intentional discrimination': Liberian immigrants sue Trump admin over...
Citing his history of racist remarks, a group of Liberian immigrants and families who are now in limbo following Donald Trump’s termination of their protections is suing.“Without legal action,”tweeted...
View ArticleThousands of Liberian immigrants have less than one week left before their...
Campaign ActionThousands of Liberian immigrants have less than a week left before the program that has allowed them to work and protected them from deportation expires. “My community is in panic mode...
View ArticleThe clock is ticking as Liberians face loss of protections in just days:...
Campaign ActionVestonia Viddy was just 8 years old when she saw her dad for the last time. Liberia’s first civil war had just begun, and her family was in hiding in their home’s attic. But then rebels...
View ArticleTen attorneys general back lawsuit against Trump admin over termination of...
Campaign ActionThe attorneys general from nine states and Washington, D.C., are supporting a lawsuit filed by a group of Liberian immigrants who are facing loss of their protections in just days, on...
View ArticleIn win for families, protections for Liberian immigrants extended for another...
Campaign ActionIn a win for families, the Trump administration has reversed course and extended protections for Liberian immigrants for another year, through March 2020. Deferred Enforcement Departure...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Brexit hasn't happened yet edition
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: There is a "Rest of the World" -- I promise
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,...
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Black Kos, Remember the Mascogos, Afro-Indigenous-Mexican-Americans for Cinco...
For this Cinco De Mayo remember the History of the Mascogos, a people with African-America, Indigenous, and Mexican roots. By dopper0189, Black Kos, Managing EditorAcross the country people will be...
View ArticleLiberian immigrants facing deportation celebrate passage of measure creating...
Thousands of Liberian immigrants who faced separation following attacks on their temporary protection from deportation will get some peace of mind at last: A provision in the newly signed 2020 National...
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Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile- Time Machine
Time Machine (Coronavirus 2020 Journal #1)commentary by Chitown KevThere’s a part of me that’s sick and tired of COVID-19 news which seems to be breaking every minute.On the other hand, it is, in my...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Not Just Covid Edition
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,...
View ArticleSteve Mnuchin gets in Twitter feud with Axl Rose, posts Liberian flag instead...
Okay, we are officially in the upside-down.Whoever had “the U.S. treasury secretary gets in a Twitter spat with Guns N’ Roses’ frontman Axl Rose and then posts Liberian flag to show his patriotism” on...
View ArticleGuns N’ Roses frontman gets into a Twitter fight with Trump treasury...
The Trump administration will have a few distinguishing historical markers for the books in decades to come. Most of them will be the corruption and many incompetences they committed during their time...
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Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile: A Leap of Faith
A Leap of FaithCommentary by Chitown KevSince the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching American shores, there has been skepticism and misinformation targeting all Americans, including...
View ArticleLiberian immigrants eligible for legal status facing intentional 'roadblocks'...
A new law last year allowing thousands of Liberian immigrants who faced separation following loss of their temporary protections to apply for green cards should have brought some much-needed relief....
View ArticleLiberian immigrants facing difficulty applying for legal status due to Trump...
Thousands of Liberian immigrants who are otherwise eligible to apply for permanent status in the U.S. through a law passed last year but faced immense difficulties largely due to intentional sabotaging...
View ArticleWed 24 Feb Open Thread (Foreign Policy and International Events) - Snippets...
Welcome to an open thread hosted by “Foreign Policy and International Events Group”. Drop by to share links and stories or for commentary. (or just play peekaboo and say look what I found). Open thread...
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🌏 FP&IE Open Thread -26 May 2021- Exploring at Reuters...
Welcome to the daily fresh adventure of the Foreign Policy and International Events group, aka FP&IE. Join us on today’s journey, share links and comments of your discoveries and thoughts....
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Over There (where?)
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,...
View ArticleWith application deadline just days away, Liberian families and advocates...
Liberian families in the U.S. won a huge victory in late 2019, following the passage of a pathway to legalization as part of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. The provision, championed by...
View ArticleLiberian nationals and advocates call for extension to the LRIF program
by Alexandra MartinezThis article was originally published at PrismThe Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) program is set to expire Dec. 20, leaving thousands of eligible Liberian nationals at...
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