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Undergraduate students at Brown University voted overwhelmingly in favor of offering reparations to descendants of slaves associated with the school, by giving them preferential admissions and direct financial commitments. During an annual election last week, students at the Ivy League university voted on two referendum questions . One question asked whether the school should make "all possible efforts to identify the descendants of enslaved Africans who were entangled with and/or afflicted by the University and Brown family and their associates," while the other asked whether those descendants should receive reparations. The questions were approved with 89 percent and 85 percent of the vote, respectively. More than 2,000 of Brown's 7,000 undergraduate students participated in the vote. The recommendation will now be sent to the university's administrators, who will decide whether or not the offer such reparations. "The university gets to make up its own mind when it comes to … [Read more...] about Brown University Students Vote For Reparations to Give Preferential Admissions to Slave Descendants

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has revealed the nominees for the 25th annual Webby Awards ahead of its virtual ceremony on Tuesday May 18, 2021 hosted by The Good Place and Legendary’s Jameela Jamil. The Webbys celebrate the year’s best Internet work as well as outstanding individuals and organizations who are using the Internet to respond to the impact of the coronavirus, social injustice and more. Nominees in the entertainment realm include Marvel Entertainment, OWN, The Daily Show’ s Trevor Noah , Megan Thee Stallion ,  Disney+ and Ratatouille: The Tik Tok Musical and more. All nominees are eligible to take home the Internet industry’s two most prestigious awards: The Webby Award, selected by the Academy, and The Webby People’s Voice Award. Internet fans can begin casting their votes today until Thursday, May 6 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Related Story Trevor Noah On Racist Police Incidents: "Where Are The Good Apples?" The … [Read more...] about Webby Nominations: Trevor Noah, Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Ratatouille: The Tik Tok Musical’ Among Nominees

An 8-year-old girl from the southern province of Tien Giang has been recorded as the first case with LEOPARD syndrome in Vietnam, according to doctor Tran Nguyen Anh Tu from the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital. The 8-year-old patient in Tien Giang. According to the patient’s family, dark-brown stains began appearing all over the face and body of the little girl since she was four. When she was 8 years old, the family brought her to the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital for examination. The patient also suffered from congenital deafness and mental retardation. No one in the family had the same disease. During the examination, doctors noticed that the patient had abnormalities in the jawbone, spine, shoulder, breast, and teeth. These are all typical signs of LEOPARD syndrome. Because of the disease, the patient is only 105 cm tall and weighs 15 kg. Dark brown spots less than 5mm in diameter are distributed on the face, chest, arms and legs. The lighter brown spots … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s first LEOPARD syndrome case reported

Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Play now The findings of a year-long inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko , an ex-KGB agent murdered in a London hotel in 2006, has been revealed : Mr Litvinenko died from acute radiation syndrome three weeks after drinking tea containing polonium 210 in the Pine Bar of the Millennium Hotel - read our timeline of events here . Sir Robert Owen concluded today that he was deliberately poisoned by others - namely Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun - probably under the direction of Moscow's FSB intelligence service, with approval from Vladimir Putin. Theresa May has blasted Russia for a "blatant breach of international law" as she vowed a new crackdown. Read here why no one has yet faced justice over the killing . Key Events Litvinenko killing 'placed thousands of Londoners at risk' 12:48 Suspects sent … [Read more...] about Alexander Litvinenko inquiry: Recap report that revealed details of ex-KGB agent’s death

A National Health Service hospital group has admitted in court the failure to provide safe maternity care to Sarah Richford and her baby son Harry, who died seven days after delivery, in the first prosecution of its kind. Representatives from East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust pleaded guilty to the charge at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Monday, in relation to the inadequate care at Margate’s Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, which resulted in the “wholly avoidable” death of baby Harry in 2017. Figures from the trust admitted to failing to provide for care and treatment in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, with the Press Association reporting it was the first time a watchdog, the Care Quality Commission, had charged an NHS trust following safety failures. Details of the maternity care of Mrs Richford revealed that there were concerns around Harry’s delivery at around 2:05 am on the day … [Read more...] about NHS Hospital Pleads Guilty over Baby Death in Prosecution First