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Stop Black Deaths in Custody rallies: thousands march in Australian capital cities Ben Smee © Provided by The Guardian Protesters in Sydney rally to mark a national day of action against Aboriginal deaths in police custody. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters Rallies have begun in cities across Australia to protest against ongoing Indigenous deaths in custody and mark 30 years since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed down its final report. About 1,000 peo...

We accost the rising TikTok star with a medley of lifes most pressing questions. 5 March 2021 5 March 2021 Meissa Mason has a bit on her plate. The 20-year-old Wiradjuri, Gomeroi and Awabakal woman isnt just one of TikToks rising stars, shes also an activist, beauty influencer and full-time law student. If that wasnt enough, Meissa will be marching at this years Mardi Gras festival, alongside a bevy of other influential LGBTQIA+ TikTok creators. The whole thing is even culminating in a perfor...

. a bridge to a realization of americas promise. a bridge to a better america. a bridge to a better country. a bridge as my friend and brother john lewis would say, to the beloved community. . a bridge then over troubled waters who to some degree have been stilled but not silenced. there is still prejudice in this land, there is still division in this land, there is still not the reconciliation that america still strives for. and that is why i would turn almost every year with my frien...