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DES MOINES, Iowa - The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict is fueling a variety of perspectives. In Iowa, one viewpoint is that it's adding to what's perceived as an increasingly hostile environment toward people who protest against systemic racism. Rittenhouse, a white teen from Illinois, was found not guilty of murder charges in last year's shooting of protesters in Wisconsin. ...
Kenosha, WI - The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial has announced not-guilty verdicts on all charges in the case. Ground-level activists say the case shows that laws and how they're applied don't work properly when white supremacy still exists in a democracy. Comments from Kyle Johnson, Kenosha-based community organizer, and Angela Lang, executive director, both of Black Leaders Organizing Communities. ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Anticipating a busy summer, airport workers in Pennsylvania continue their fight for better wages and health insurance, and demand what they say would be a fair contract from American Airlines and other carriers. Philadelphia International Airport contract workers and supporters rallied this week in support of a prevailing wage bill being debated by the city council, which would change a city agreement with air carriers, to boost hourly wages to just over $15, create a paid-leave standard, and provide an hourly wage supplement for healthcare. Michelle Richards, an airport whe...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas is a big and religiously diverse state, but faith communities say controversial voting bills before the state Legislature will disenfranchise both rural and urban voters. Texas Republicans last week advanced bills, House Bill 6 and Senate Bill 7, which would limit early-voting hours, prohibit drive-through voting and give partisan poll workers the ability to videotape voters at the polls. Bee Moorhead, executive director of Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy/Texas Impact, said many think the proposed laws are diversions from larger problems facing Texas, but she...
When I was at school, my mum was partial to taking last night’s leftover kebab, slapping it in the middle of two slices of bread and calling it lunch. If you were from Pakistan you may know this as a variant of ‘bun kebab’ – a snack sold from street carts weaving through Pakistani neighbourhoods. In Australia however no one knew of such a snack, especially not the kids at the very Anglo school I went to. So when I took the kebab sandwich out of my lunchbox the next day, and anyone within a couple of metres of me was assailed with the smell of onions, coriander, chilli and spices mixed...