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Black farmers in the U.S. have been discriminated against for decades. In 1920, Black-run farms made up about 14 percent of the total in the U.S. Today, Black farms make up only 2 percent of farms in the U.S. (Photo by The Field Negro) Photo used under CC BY

US Black farmers fighting to get back to the land

Agriculture, the backbone of the Black middle class just a century ago, has largely vanished as a force in Black American life. Now, there is a growing movement of young Black Americans striving to reclaim the legacy of agrarianism.

Mother Jones

China wants UN states to skip Xinjiang event

China has urged United Nations member states not to attend an event planned by Germany, the United States and Britain on the repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang, according to a note seen by Reuters.

Yahoo! News

Death toll soars in school bombing in Kabul

Grieving families buried their dead following a horrific bombing at a girls’ school in the Afghan capital of Kabul that killed 50 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old.

Associated Press

A dozen countries await first COVID vaccinations

While wealthier nations have stockpiled vaccines for their citizens, many poorer countries are still scrambling to secure doses. The World Health Organization says nearly a dozen countries — many of them in Africa — are still waiting to get vaccines.

Associated Press

EU Calls on U.S. and others to export their vaccines

U.S. News & World Report

The travel industry is capitalizing on people coming to the US to get COVID-19 vaccines

Yahoo! News

WHO approves emergency use of China’s Sinopharm COVID vaccine

Al Jazeera

Why people are protesting across Colombia

Thousands of Colombians have protested across the country against a government they feel has long ignored their needs, allowed corruption to run rampant and is so out of touch that it proposed tax increases during the coronavirus pandemic.

Associated Press

Deadly protests in Colombia, explained

ABC News

US backs waiving patents on COVID vaccines

In a historic move, the U.S. government has announced that it supports waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, a measure aimed at boosting supplies so that people around the world can get the shots.

Scientific American

Pope Francis backs vaccine patents waiver

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Israeli forces storms Al-Aqsa, hundreds injured

Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday morning, firing rubber-coated bullets, tear gas and sound bombs at Palestinian worshippers, wounding hundreds.

Al Jazeera

Tensions escalate as Hamas fires rockets deep into Israel

Associated Press

Palestinians fear loss of family homes as evictions loom

ABC News

Anti-racist tried for defacing French statue

A French activist for Black rights went on trial in Paris for defacing a statue of a historical figure from France’s colonial, slave-trading past, calling the protest a political act to denounce deep-seated racism.

ABC News

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Colombia’s protests unlikely to fizzle out

Protesters have blocked key roads leading to shortages of fuel and food in some areas and there have been violent clashes between the security forces and demonstrators.

BBC

UK aid cuts will put kids at risk of famine

Save the Children said the British government will spend less than $32 million this year on vital nutrition services in developing countries, a drop of more than three-quarters from 2019.

Guardian

Philippine troops drive rebels away from market

Dozens of Muslim militants occupied a public market overnight in the southern Philippines before fleeing after a tense standoff with government forces, officials said.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

IBM says it has created world’s first 2nm chip

IBM claims it has taken a major step forward in chip technology by making the first 2nm chip. The company says it has squeezed 50 billion transistors onto a chip the size of a fingernail.

Engadget

Tech-savvy Indians code to find vaccine slots

Young people in India have devised hacks to help people register for scarce vaccination slots as COVID cases and deaths keep rising.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GLOBAL HEALTH

Still a stigma over therapy for Asian Americans

Suicide is the leading cause of death for Asian American and Pacific Islander youth aged 12-19. What’s even more tragic is that there is still a huge stigma against the one thing that may have been able to save them — asking for help.

Yahoo! News

Japan nears a COVID-19 crisis

CNN

Seychelles brings back COVID restrictions

The Seychelles, which has fully vaccinated over 60 percent of its population against COVID-19, is bringing back restrictions amid a rise in cases. The archipelago of nearly 100,000 people recorded close to 500 new cases in three days and has about 1,000 active cases.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Moroccan creative turned mom into style icon

Meryem Slimani styled her 68-year-old mother Najate Leklye into an Instagram fashion sensation. Leklye‘s outfits are inspired by Slimani’s Moroccan heritage and her love of hip-hop culture.

MSN

Uganda student brings her education home

A full scholarship launched Gloria Tumushabe’s engineering and computer science studies at a top U.S. school, but she says too many others in her native Uganda, 14,000 miles away, are left behind.

CBS News

Former foster children return to mentor others

10 News San Diego

Woman fosters 81 infants over 34 years

Microsoft News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Missouri HS senior donates college savings

After receiving a full scholarship to Southeast Missouri State University, Missouri native Joshua Nelson decided to pay it forward by donating his college savings to another high school senior.

Microsoft News

Vax Live concert raises $302 M, exceeds goal

The Global Citizen fundraising concert advocating the importance of vaccine equity has pulled in $302 million, exceeding the goal for the organization’s campaign.

ABC News

Fund allocates $75 million for COVID in India

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is making $75 million in emergency funding available to the government of India and its partners.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Turkey battling growing water stress

Population growth, urbanization, climate change, and – critics like Ilhan say – poor water management all are straining Turkey’s water supplies.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

COVID impedes shift to going green

Fears of the COVID virus are driving commuters off public transport and back to the car, researchers said, urging cities to respond quickly to changing habits and lure travelers to green options.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

The long shot that saved Belize’s coral

When Hurricane Iris catastrophically hit southern Belize in 2001, the country’s magnificent corals were destroyed. But within just 10 years, a radical restoration project brought the reef back to life.

BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

At least 1M face starvation in Madagascar

The south of the island will produce less than half its usual harvest in the coming months because of low rains, prolonging a hunger crisis already affecting half the Grand Sud area’s population, the UN estimates.

Guardian

Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing

Last month, the first true fishing season since the pandemic devastated the industry kicked off, bringing renewed hope to the processors, their families and the village.

Associated Press

Ramandan in Lebanon harder than ever

CNN

Fairly traded goods suffer pandemic setback

The amount of fairly traded goods has gone down globally during the coronavirus crisis But Nyagoy Nyong‘o, the chief executive of Fairtrade International, says she’s optimistic the trend can be reversed before long.

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

A U.S. Marine gives an Afghan girl some candy during a security operation in Khowst Province, Afghanistan. With the U.S. and other NATO forces having begun withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, many fear a resurgent Taliban, or even a civil war. (Photo by U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James L. Yarboro) Photo used under CC BY

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