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Oscar Contenders Announced – Mahershala Ali, Ruth Negga Nominated
In the wake of 2016’s controversial #OscarsSoWhite, addressing the lack of diversity among the Academy Award nominees, this year’s list of prospective Oscar recipients is somewhat more representative of top Hollywood talent today. While La La Land led the list by a wide margin with over a dozen nominations, a number of other memorable…
Misplaced Priorities: Trump’s Battle Against the Media Continues
Karma has a way of coming back around, and Donald Trump is starting to feel the pressure of the press and their push to delegitimize his presidency. Of course, Trump hammered Barack Obama during the eight years of his tenure, claiming that Obama wasn’t born in the United States, discrediting his right to…
Worm Wars: Is Deworming Project Helping African Children?
Over the past few decades, the World Health Organization has conducted large-scale prophylactic deworming of school children in developing nations in an attempt to eliminate the devastating health effects of intestinal parasites. Because it’s not considered cost effective to test for worms before treating, organizations have simply treated all school-age children in high infection…
Africa Cup of Nations Heats Up as Group Stage Continues
Football analysts and bookmakers are adjusting their projections and odds as the first round of play at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations begins to wrap up with Week 2. The national team of Senegal has moved up ahead of the Ivory Coast Elephants to become the tournament favorites, followed by Ghana.The Gabonese Republic…
