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Reddit user proposes “Zepto but for garbage collection” in Indian cities like Bengaluru
The proposed app aims to provide scheduled pickups, tracking and proper disposal, targeting areas w…
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Batting for the environment: Gujarat Titans kickstart sustainability and circular waste economy initiatives
Gujarat Titans have swiftly shed their newcomer status in the IPL, with their impressive debut seas…
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A man filmed himself entering a women-only train carriage in Japan, sparking backlash and a discourse about the difference between 'segregation' and safe spaces
Furious viewers accused him of doing exactly what these women-only trains were established to preve…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Tony Bennett served in the US Army during World War II and was demoted for breaking segregation rules and hanging out with a Black soldier
The legendary crooner who served in WWII praised Black soldiers in his autobiography, saying "they …
Paul Squire
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Chicago is spending over $17 million to add miles of new bike lanes all in hopes of curbing segregation and boosting racial equity
New initiatives to drastically expand bike lane infrastructure are underway to make cycling safer a…
Helaine Krysik
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The creator of the first Black Barbie grew up in segregated South Carolina and went on to become principal designer for Mattel
Kitty Black Perkins designed thousands of outfits for Barbie dolls throughout her career.Fiona Hans…
Yoonji Han
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How segregated schools led Black Deaf students to develop their own form of American Sign Language
Until the 1970s, some schools for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing were still segregated, particularly …
Isaiah Reynolds
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Isaiah Reynolds
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From separate hotels to cemeteries, striking historical photos show what segregation looked like in Jim Crow-era America
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, segregation laws, also known as Jim Crow laws, were instate…
Brianna Holt
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Mardi Gras was historically socially and racially segregated. Black Americans formed the Zulu Krewe to become a part of the celebration.
Historically excluded from krewes and carnivals, Black Americans created their own Mardi Gras tradi…
Yoonji Han
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From escaping segregation in 'Paris Blues' to the interracial relationship in 'You People,' Black love has evolved on screen to tell the stories of our time
"Love Jones" and "You People"New Line Cinema/Strong Baby
Brianna Holt
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Louisiana board votes to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, namesake of the landmark 'separate but equal' ruling
Plessy pled guilty to violating the Louisiana Separate Car Act and was fined $25. He died in 1925 a…
John L. Dorman
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The US military is under fire over how it handles race. Uncensored WWII-era surveys show US troops struggling with the same issue 80 years ago.
When challenged on race-related issues during World War II, the US War Department took the position…
Edward J.K. Gitre
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Former Virginia Gov. Linwood Holton, a moderate Republican who fought for racial equality, dies at 98
With his successful 1969 campaign, Holton helped dismantle the segregationist Byrd organization, wh…
John L. Dorman
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Marjorie Taylor Greene said she was sorry for comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust. Now she's saying private businesses not letting unvaccinated people in is 'segregation.'
Greene's tweeted this controversial take on racial segregation just a month after apologizing for c…
Cheryl Teh
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HUL makes a strong point about the importance of waste segregation with its latest campaign #BinBoy
The campaign tries to draw attention to the seriousness of mixed waste disposal and need for immedi…
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WNBA star A'ja Wilson teared up during her statue's unveiling, noting her grandmother was not allowed to walk on the same campus in her youth
"My grandmother, Hattie Rakes, grew up in this area. When she was a child, she couldn't even walk o…
Meredith Cash
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Housing segregation is still happening decades after redlining was ruled illegal, Biden's CFPB says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found evidence of redlining, along with "racist and deroga…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Derek Chauvin will remain in a segregation unit at a maximum security prison post-sentencing
Chauvin is serving his 22.5-year prison sentence at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Oak Park…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Trump may have scored a decades-old revenge for being sued under a 1973 anti-segregation law
Trump's first major brush with publicity was a 1973 civil rights lawsuit, and last week he struck d…