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Dec 9, 2018 · Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison. One of the greats of modern American literature, the book follows the life of Macon Dead III, also known as Milkman, mostly concerning itself with the period 1930 – 1963. The book has provoked controversy as it confronts many topics some have found uncomfortable, including racism, murder, and abusive ...
Jun 19, 2020 · Michelle Obama gave a virtual address to the Class of 2020. Her tips included: try to learn from periods of uncertainty; speak out against injustices; and value honesty, integrity and compassion. “A lot of us are reckoning with the most basic essence of who we are. Over these past couple of months, our foundation has been shaken.”.
Oct 9, 2020 · World Mental Health Day on 10 October helps raise awareness. COVID set to cause mental health crisis – and the virus has disrupted 93% of critical mental health services. Duke of Cambridge, Michelle Obama and Jacinda Ardern are advocates of mental health support. A mental health crisis is looming as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes people into ...
Dec 13, 2019 · The duo visited Vietnam earlier in the week to stress how education can transform lives, part of an initiative Obama founded to promote opportunities for girls. It is an uphill task worldwide, with women lagging in all areas, from making money to wielding power. Obama has been a staunch advocate for women's rights, and was voted the most ...
Mar 30, 2017 · Obama once held the highest office in the land — but he doesn't equate power with success. At the 2012 Democratic National Convention, First Lady Michelle Obama told the audience that her husband "started his career by turning down high-paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down."
Mar 8, 2017 · Reversals in reproductive and other rights have galvanized the world's women, who came out in the millions in January to protest against the inauguration of a US president they saw as a threat to the cause of equality. What these marchers saw, over the course of the US presidential election, was that it is permissible to demonize women, to say ...
Jun 10, 2021 · The first book Obama recommends is The Overstory by Richard Powers, which was published in 2018 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction a year later. According to the publishers, Penguin Vintage, Margaret Atwood once said: “It's not possible for Powers to write an uninteresting book.”. “It’s about trees and the relationship of humans to ...
Here are some of the most thought-provoking quotes. "Let's not excuse violence, or rationalize it, or participate in it. If we want our criminal justice system, and American society at large, to operate on a higher ethical code, then we have to model that code ourselves." Barack Obama, former US President.
Feb 27, 2024 · Legal moves to outlaw deepfakes. The proposed laws are being put forward by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC warns that advanced technology is driving a huge rise in deepfakes used to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. “Fraudsters are using AI tools to impersonate individuals with eerie precision and at a much wider scale.
Aug 11, 2016 · In 2015, the Black Lives Matter movement launched Campaign Zero, a group lobbying for changes to policies and laws on federal, state and local levels. "We must end police violence so we can live and feel safe in this country," the group writes on the Vision Zero website. "We can live in a world where the police don't kill people – by limiting ...
