The Authors Guild met with Justice Department officials to ask the agency to launch an investigation into Amazon, expressing concern that the retail giant…
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Bring Back Our Girls – A Poem for the Missing Nigerian Girls by Zimbabwean Poet Batsirai Chigama
As part of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, a Zimbabwean poet Batsirai Chigama added her voice to campaign with this poem dedicated to the missing girls…
By Joseph Stiglitz We need the right balance between building drone bases and businesses, says Joseph Stiglitz Africa has many success stories among its 54…
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Address delivered by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman of the Caricom Reparations Commission, House of Commons, Parliament of Great Britain, Committee Room 14
Thursday, July 16, 2014, 9:00 P.M. Madam Chair, the distinguished member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Diane Abbott, other distinguished members…
By Joe Miller Technology reporter Amazon is facing a battle with UK publishers as it seeks to secure more advantageous terms in its latest…
When Sarah Thompson told her friends about the wonders of antidepressants, she discovered that most of them are already on them. How did pill-popping…
See online: ALA Newsletter – New Series: Volume 1, Issue 1, JUNE 2014
To address the terrible human and economic costs of slavery and racial injustice in the United States, many have proposed that reparations be paid…
American author and poet Maya Angelou passed away at the age of 86 The acclaimed writer was born Marguerite Annie Johnson April 4, 1928,…
Boko Haram gets lost in translation. Oh, and the word ’boko’ isn’t derived from the word ’book.’ By Dan Murphy posted May 6, 2014…