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Gambia lawmakers who had been moving toward repealing the country's ban on female genital cutting overwhelmingly changed course on Monday, voting instead to keep the legislation in place after women staged an intense three-month campaign.

Gambia Votes to Keep Ban on Female Genital Cutting, in Sharp Reversalwww.nytimes.com Lawmakers in the West African country had supported overturning the prohibition, but changed course on Monday after a vociferous campaign led by women.

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Ah, the world! Oh, the world!

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Too many “firsts” “since the Second World War” going around for comfort

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If business majors could read, they'd be very upset

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Faine Greenwood

If your leftism isn't fundamentally centered on the idea of human dignity and freedom as universal and immutable values of everyone, frankly, what is the fucking point of your philosophy.

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bethany “grandma killer” mandel lost her bid for school board in maryland and that’s something to celebrate

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Today’s professors are not the young people of 1968, they are the young people of 9/11, “weapons of mass destruction,” and Abu Ghraib. Of Katrina and Bush v. Gore. Some of us are neocons and the rest of us know what propaganda, overreaction, and war crimes look like.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

"Two days after the State Department asked the Israeli government for information about what steps it had taken to hold the perpetrators accountable [for rape of a teen], Israeli police raided the nonprofit that had originally shared the allegation and later designated it a terrorist organization."

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Today in 1990, activists lobbying for passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act abandoned wheelchairs and other mobility aids for the "Capitol Crawl" up the building steps. Jennifer Keelan, an 8-year-old with cerebral palsy, told cameramen "I'll take all night if I have to!"

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Lobster and Cat by Pablo Picasso, 1965 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137441

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The campaign to check "Uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot has gained nationwide attention. At its center are the next generation of activists, leaders and voters.

On primary day, young Michigan voters are leading call to be 'uncommitted' to Bidenwww.npr.org The campaign to check "Uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot has gained nationwide attention. At its center are the next generation of activists, leaders and voters.

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Aglow by Vasily Kandinsky, 1928 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137229

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No group in modern society is more discriminated against than the very sleepy. Barred from prestigious jobs like airline pilot and forklift operator. Neglected by sleepist musicians who refuse to play shows that end by 9pm.

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Two Birds by Vasily Kandinsky, 1907 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137908

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[my house, 20 years from now, listening to "baby, it's cold outside"] my son: man, this song is real weird me: it used to get cold outside

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Rashad Shawa Cultural Center Destroyed /r/brutalism

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Birth of the Wolves by Franz Marc, 1913 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137619

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