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COVID-19: NDDC shuts down headquarters as top director dies

PORT HARCOURT, (LEGIT) The head office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt has been shut after the reported death of its executive director of finance and administration, Ibanga Etang on Thursday, May 28. The commission in a memo on Thursday informed staff that the head office was going to be shut […]

COVID-19: NDDC shuts down headquarters as top director dies
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Raising Race Conscious Children

Educator Sachi Feris created Raising Race Conscious Children to support parents and teachers who are trying to talk about race and diversity with young children, with the aim of actively challenging racism. 

Raising Race Conscious Children
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The Enduring City: Jakarta, Indonesia

Drivers wave a 2,000 rupiah note (about 13 cents) out the window, and the self-appointed guard wades out into the busy road, arms outstretched. He uses the implicit threat of his own mortality to bring the flow of traffic to a stop and allows the munificent driver to pass.

The Enduring City: Jakarta, Indonesia
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Support the Fight Against Inequality: Resources and Ways to Act

Understand that this movement is not history, nor will it soon be over. We need to fight for equality until life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are available for all.

Support the Fight Against Inequality: Resources and Ways to Act
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Beneath the black rocks

They cut into the ocean in a perfectly perpendicular line. Their color changes depending on how much of the rock is submerged in water in low or high tides and how much sunlight reflects on their smooth surface, but it is always a version of black. They disappear when the moon brings the ocean far […]

Beneath the black rocks
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LOST, 10 years later

The finale of LOST aired on May 23, 2010. Artist Gerry Albert, who was (and still is) a big fan, shares an illustration of the show’s ensemble cast.

LOST, 10 years later
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On Injustice, Inequality, and Being Black in America: A Reading List

Personal posts, essays, and interviews by Black writers, bloggers, and thinkers, compiled by our editorial team.

On Injustice, Inequality, and Being Black in America: A Reading List
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Pandemic Time

“The cinematic version of time passing, which often shows a succession of calendar pages disappearing off the screen, blown away by the breeze, was never how I understood time.” Terry at Vertigo shares her thoughts on time.

Pandemic Time
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The “I’m Tired” Project

“The ‘I’m Tired’ Project utilizes photography, the human body, and written words as a tools highlight the lasting impact of everyday micro-aggressions, assumptions, and stereotypes and pull back the layers of discrimination to reveal thoughts and feelings that aren’t usually voiced through fear of backlash and lack of being relatable.”

The “I’m Tired” Project
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Black Lives Matter: Six Poems

Poetry can often channel grief, pain, solidarity, and resistance in ways that everyday language can’t.

Black Lives Matter: Six Poems
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