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March 7th - 15th
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Congress gives final Approval to Make lynching a Hate crime
March 7 - Article by Emily Cochrane (published in the NY Times)
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declaring Lynching a Hate Crime
Initial Situation:
Black victims accounted for 72 % of 4,743 lynchings that occurred between 1882 and 1968.
First attempt to make lynching a hate crime in 1900 by G. H. White (only black lawmaker in congress)
More than 200 similar bills have been filed since
Mr. Scott, Mr. Booker and Kamala Harris began a renewed effort in 2020 to see an anti-lynching measure signed into law. (Failed because Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky objected)
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protest in 1917 as part of the "silent march"
California
New York
Kentucky
declaring Lynching a Hate Crime
The approval:
The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime, explicitly criminalizing a heinous act that has become a symbol of the nation’s history of racial violence.
It is a symbolic act against race related crimes in the US after more than a century of failed attempts
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“Although no legislation will reverse the pain and fear felt by those victims, their loved ones and Black communities, this legislation is a necessary step America must take to heal from the racialized violence that has permeated its history,”
Senator Cory Booker
Democrat of New Jersey
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A man who bought a Pokémon card for $57,000 with Covid relief money is sentenced to prison
March 9 - Article by Neil Vigdor (published in the NY Times)
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Pokémon card Collector imprisoned
What happened?
Vinath Oudomsine (31) was sentenced to three years in federal prison
Pleaded guilty last October for defrauding a loan program operated by the Small Business Administration ($85,000 for his small "entertainment services" with 10 emplyees)
In January 2021, Mr. Oudomsine spent $57,789 of loan proceeds from the program on the card
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A Bird Is Blamed as 10,000 Lose Power in New Orleans
March 9 - Article by Neil Vigdor (published in the NY Times)
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A Bird Is Blamed as 10,000 Lose Power in New Orleans
What happened?
A bird of an unknown type had damaged an electrical substation serving parts of downtown and the Uptown neighborhood
Nearly 10,000 utility customers were affected, according to Entergy New Orleans.
The power failure began around 9 a.m as many people were headed to work.
It was not clear what happened to the bird.
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“It’s not like you feel like you’re living in a third world country,” he said. “New York has its issues with rats. It’s not just New Orleans.”
Professor Smith
(Director of Tulane Energy Institute)
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How Medical Care for Transgender Youth Became ‘Child Abuse’ in Texas
March 11 - Article by J. David Goodman
(published in the NY Times)
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Medical Care declared ‘Child Abuse’ in Texas
Initial Situation:
Jeffrey Younger fought for years with his ex-wife, over the gender identity of one of their twins.
The mother followed the advice of their children’s doctor to affirm the child’s desire to change their physical appreance and name to match the child's gender identity
Younger resisted the new name, insisting instead on boys’ clothes, short haircuts and the name the couple had chosen at birth.
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Medical Care declared ‘Child Abuse’ in Texas
Current developments:
What started small soon became a very public custody battle making him a folk hero among conservatives
It paved the way for an order by Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas to investigate parents for child abuse if they provide certain medical treatments to their transgender children
Medical treatments for transgender youth are declared a felony, punishable by life in prison.
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Court Declares Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 45 Years
March 11 - Article by Amanda Holpuch
(published in the NY Times)
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Wrongfully Imprisoned for 45 Years
What happened?
For decades, Isaiah Andrews has maintained his innocence in the 1974 murder of his wife, unaware that the key to his exoneration was buried in the archives of the Cleveland Division of Police.
Ms. Andrews’s body was found during the afternoon in Forest Hill Park by a worker on his lunch break. She had been stabbed multiple times and wrapped in bedroom linen.
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Wrongfully Imprisoned for 45 Years
What happened?
Detectives initially suspected Willie H. Watts, who had a criminal record and was trying to sell his mother’s valuables to get away from the city.
But this trace was still never followed
Although no evidence was found Isaiah Andrews was convicted of murder
Andrews can now seek $56,752.36 for each year that he was imprisoned (more than $2.5 million)
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Ukraine war:
UK households offered £350 a month for hosting refugees
March 14 - Article byJoseph Lee & Victoria Lindrea
(published on the BBC homepage)
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UK households offered £350 for hosting refugees
In the UK people will be able to nominate a named individual or a family to stay with them rent-free, or in another property, for at least six months.
A website to express an interest in being a sponsor launched on Monday.
Visas for Ukranians are available but application centres in Ukraine are closed.
A sponsor would get a "thank you" payment of £350 a month.
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India and Pakistan
India Accidentally Fires a Missile at Pakistan
March 11 - Article by Mujib Mashal and Salman Masood
(published in the NY Times)
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India Accidentally Fires a Missile at Pakistan
On Friday, India acknowledged that one of its missiles had mistakenly been fired into Pakistan two days earlier.
Pakistan criticized India’s “callousness and ineptitude” in a “nuclear environment.”
Fortunately, since two neighbors have fought several bloody conflicts in the past, that has been the only response of Pakistan
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Australia
‘Rain Bomb’ Hits Australia,
Killing at Least 20
March 9 - Article by Natasha Frost
(published in the NY Times)
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‘Rain Bomb’ Hits Australia, Killing at Least 20
Australia’s prime minister declared a national emergency on Wednesday
After more than a week of severe rain along the country’s eastern coast severe flooding has affectd many Australian cities and villages
It is considered to be the worst flooding in Australian history
20 people have died and tens of thousands have been ordered to evacuate
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Let's have a look at the current situation in Australia
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Let's hear some Good News ;)
Source: Zeit, Spiegel and many more
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Let's hear some Good news ;)
The federal cabinet of germany decides to abolish paragraph 219a, which prohibits the "advertising" of abortions
In Turkey, a 116-year-old woman has survived an infection with the coronavirus, according to her son
‘Comical’ Bat found in dense rainforest eventhough it was thought to be extinct for over 40 years
Cat rescued after becoming marooned on river wall
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Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/lynching-bill-senate.html (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/us/a-man-who-bought-a-pokemon-card-for-57000-with-covid-relief-money-is-sentenced-to-prison.html (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/us/new-orleans-power-outage-bird.html (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/us/texas-transgender-youth-medical-care-abuse.html (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/us/isaiah-andrews-released-ohio.html?searchResultPosition=2 (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60724111 (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/world/asia/india-pakistan-missile.html?searchResultPosition=4 (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/world/australia/nsw-floods.html (Zugriff vom 13.03.2022)
Image Sources
https://www.gothamgazette.com/images/graphics/2020/lynching_protest_2.jpeg
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3881658/EJI_lynchings_map.0.0.png
https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/h2-1200x900.jpeg
https://freemannews.tulane.edu/sites/freemannews.tulane.edu/files/Eric-Smith-800.jpg
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/03/09/lens/09xp-neworleans1/09xp-neworleans1-jumbo.png?quality=75&auto=webp
https://amp.infranken.de/storage/image/7/8/1/5/3785187_amp-large_1y81Y9_LFQwpT.jpg#
https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2022-03/220302-one-time-use-trans-protest-texas-protest-se-219p-b059a8.jpg
https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/70/19/a0ba36ca48e896d6212f3e9d2c58/poster-image-81.jpg
https://courtroomstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Isiah-Andrews.jpeg
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/03/03/world/03ukraine-exodus-add9/03ukraine-exodus-add9-superJumbo-v2.jpg
https://thegeopolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/India-Missile-2.jpg
https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/02/28/2022_02_28_123052_1646036297._large.jpg
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