Islamophobia: is a global awakening on racism already overdue?
The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 left an indelible impact on the community of Black Americans, not to mention his family, who will collectively remember the bitter episode with trauma and resentment. But the ensuing Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and the...
Say their names, remember their names
On my recent nearly 8,000-mile journey from India to the Twin Cities, I attempted a casual viewing of the Netflix original “Two Distant Strangers,” by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, which won last year’s Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. The 32 minutes...News From Duluth
My father told me it was always exciting to receive a parcel from the distant United States of America, a place that he and his working-class parents in the 1950s and 1960s could only dream of from the vibrant-but-humble boroughs of Kallio, Helsinki, capital of...
We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
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In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:
https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/
Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.
https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/