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’The report came more than 100 years after a June 1921 report by the #justice department’s Bureau of Investigation, a precursor to the #FBI, blamed the #massacre on Black men and alleged that perpetrators did not violate any federal #laws.

The Friday #DoJ #report, however, acknowledged that the attack by white #citizens on Black #residents “was so #systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob #violence.”’

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j

The Guardian · DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial reviewBy Adria R Walker

Town, developer move to mediate over planned Perth golf course development
The future of a proposed subdivision in Perth, Ont., remains unclear as the town and the developer work under the supervision of the Ontario Land Tribunal to come to an agreement, while some local residents remain concerned about the scope of the project. 
#development #golf #mediation #residents #Perth #News #Canada #Ottawa
cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/town...

#Spanish #residents appeal for #help, 3 days after historic #floods leave at least 205 dead channelnewsasia.com/world/spai

“This is a disaster. There are a lot of elderly people who don’t have medicine. There are children who don’t have food. We don’t have milk, we don’t have water. We have no access to anything,” a resident of Alfafar, one of the most affected towns in south Valencia, told state television station TVE.

CNASpanish residents appeal for help, 3 days after historic floods leave at least 205 deadIn the hardest-hit eastern Valencia region, 202 people have been confirmed dead.

This is why the LEGAL #Haitian #immigrants in #Springfield, #Ohio were granted #TPS [temporary protected status].

Haitian gang #massacre leaves ≥70 dead, #UN says

Armed men belonging to the Gran Grif gang killed at least 70 people as they passed through a Haitian town w/automatic rifles shooting at #residents, a spox for the #UnitedNations' #HumanRights Office said on Friday.

#FuckTrump #immigration #law #Haiti #terrorism #geopolitics #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
reuters.com/world/americas/un-

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#Residents of #Springfield, #Ohio, #hunkerdown and #pray for a political firestorm to blow over.

Between the morning #bombsweeps of #Springfield’s #schools and the near daily afternoon #mediabriefings, a #hush comes over the city of 58,000 that #residents say is uncanny, haunting even. It’s #fear. It’s #confusion#dismay at being transformed overnight into a #target for the nation’s #Racist #vitriol

apnews.com/article/election-20

The Japan Times interviewed me for a May 27, 2024 article on #bilingual #education (1st picture).

While the newspaper article is for paying subscribers, the reporter Eric Margolis agreed that the publication Bilingual Japan of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (#JALT) #Bilingualism SIG may publish the full interview. After that issue comes out next month, I will make the article available in research repositories.

The article is subtitled "Japan wants its next generation to be fluent in English. Culture and economic inequality stand in the way." What it means by #culture getting in the way is treated in my answer as to why the #English level in #Japan is relatively low (2nd picture).

The conclusion quotes part of my response to the common opinion that #foreign #languages are not needed in Japan (3rd picture). My complete answer also predicts that the increasing influx of foreign #tourists and #residents will change that complacent attitude.

@linguistics @edutooters

nytimes.com/2024/03/19/health/ “As a result, #professionalism exists at two levels, as both a lofty standard of behavior and a (sometimes literal) list of dos and don’ts that blur #ethics and appearance. That second meaning can prove particularly pernicious to #residents of color, said Dr. Adaira Landry, an adviser at Harvard Medical School and co-author on a recent journal article on the “overpolicing” of #BlackResidents.”

The New York Times · The Unbearable Vagueness of Medical ‘Professionalism’By Rachel E. Gross