Activist and media outreach NABWMT, commenting on racial and cultural barriers and human equality. I use educational, political, cultural, and social activities to fight racism, sexism, homophobia, and other inequities in our communities and in our lives. nabwmt.substack.com
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Johnathon Clauss, said “There has yet to be an openly gay male player in the French top-flight.” Clauss attributed that to a perceived lack of empathy, causing players to “hide”. As long as it doesn’t concern them, they don’t put themselves in other people’s shoes. Clauss also said: “I didn’t really like it when others were treated badly because of things they can’t do anything about,” Clauss…
1. Summary NABWMT) has a rich history of advocacy at the intersection of racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and social equity. this proposal outlines the creation of a non-partisan, dedicated Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Initiative. By launching a non-partisan voter engagement group, NABWMT can directly address systemic barriers to voting, combat disenfranchisement in marginalized communities, and ensure…
Smartphones make it incredibly easy to connect across distances, but their physical presence and design can simultaneously hijack our attention and disrupt the depth of in-person interactions. Navigating this requires a deliberate balance between leveraging digital convenience and preserving meaningful, face-to-face empathy Now, in an article “Why We Delude Ourselves About the Birthrate,”…
From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, Democratic centrists complained that Jesse Jackson and his progressive allies were pushing the party too far left. Using the leverage of his Rainbow Coalition, Jackson pushed the party conventions to adopt more liberal stances than the nominees wanted. Now, some 40 years later, the racial and ideological split in the Democratic Party has been flipped on its…
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Those who have tried to inspire the next generation of graduates have used their speeches as opportunities to extol the limitless possibilities that artificial intelligence will bring. But they’re speaking to graduates who are entering a shaky job market and are already burdened by tens of thousands of dollars of student debt. However, companies of all stripes are using A.I. as an excuse to slow…
A new national poll from the Harvard Kennedy School finds young Americans under intense economic pressure and increasingly losing faith in the political system. The 52nd Harvard Youth Poll shows that for many 18- to 29-year-olds, the cost of living — especially inflation and housing — defines what they see as a true crisis. Also. trust in government, elections, and national leadership remains…
The moment we are living through is looking ever more like the 1970s — in the depth of the crises we face, and in its potential to create a genuine rupture with what came before. I remember Ronald Reagan in the United States and Margaret Thatcher in Britain. Iran has reoccupied center stage and fears of stagflation looms again. In the late 1970s, Americans sensed that their country was growing…
With more than 5.5 billion people online – and nearly as many on social media – digital spaces have become central to how we learn and connect. But alongside its benefits, the internet is also being used to spread hate, abuse and misogyny. The “manosphere:” a loose network of communities that claim to address men’s struggles – dating, fitness or fatherhood, for example – but often promote harmful…
61 years ago when President Lyndon B. Johnson called on Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act, which empowered millions of people of color to vote. Yet, when a war is raging in the Middle East and an affordability crisis is brewing at home, the Senate is poised to begin what could be a marathon debate on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, a bill that would block millions of eligible…
