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A well in drought, chosen by instinct, praying to God, man digging for 40 days; water found, he invited all, some who mocked him

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worldculturepictorial.com – 05/11/2016 HuffingtonPost chosen by instinct, prayed to God: 40 days digging a well during drought After his wife was denied water, man spent 40 days digging a well during drought http://huff.to/1Y…

Asian-American Actors Are Fighting for Visibility. They Will Not Be Ignored.

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nytimes.com – The Academy Awards telecast in February added insult to injury. The show dwelled on the diversity complaints aired through #OscarsSoWhite, yet blithely mocked Asian-Americans with punch lines that …

Trump polls miserably among Asian Americans

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politico.com – Donald Trump is wildly unpopular among Asian-American voters, who are flocking to the Democratic Party, according to a new survey. Only 19 percent of Asian Americans hold a favorable view of the pr…

Why Won’t Hollywood Cast Asian Actors?

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nytimes.com – HERE’S an understatement: It isn’t easy being an Asian-American actor in Hollywood. Despite some progress made on the small screen — thanks, “Fresh Off the Boat”! — a majority of roles that are off…

Dartmouth President Phil Hanlon: Grant Dr. Aimee Bahng the tenure she rightly deserves #fight4facultyofcolor @Dartmouth

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change.org – We, the undersigned scholars from around the nation and concerned community members, petition President Phil Hanlon, Associate Dean of Arts and Humanities Barbara Will, Provost Carolyn Dever, Dean …

60 Minutes’ Morley Safer dies at 84

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cbsnews.com – Morley Safer, the CBS newsman who changed war reporting forever when he showed U.S. Marines burning the huts of Vietnamese villagers and went on to become the iconic 60 Minutes correspondent whose …

VIDEOS. Fusillade mortelle au concert de T.I. : un autre rappeur, Troy Ave, arrêté

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leparisien.fr – Une personne avait été tuée et trois autres blessées par balle dans la boîte de nuit où se déroulait le concert. Jeudi, en début de soirée, la police de New York a précisé avoir arrêté Troy Ave, de…

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Teacher Turns Student Desks into Notes of Encouragement Before Big Exam (LOOK)

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goodnewsnetwork.org – I was reading through all the negativity and stupidity this morning while drinking my coffee and something said, ‘how about some good news?’, so I typed in GOOD NEWS and found your site… Ahhh! Oh m…

Woman Who Saved 30,000 Children Wins Prize of $1 Million – Good News Network

goodnewsnetwork.org – I was reading through all the negativity and stupidity this morning while drinking my coffee and something said, ‘how about some good news?’, so I typed in GOOD NEWS and found your site… Ahhh! Oh m…

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Media coverage of the EU Referendum (report 1) – Centre for Research in Communication and Culture

blog.lboro.ac.uk – This is the first in a series of reports by the Loughborough University Centre for Research in Communication and Culture on national news reporting of the 2016 EU Referendum. The results in this re…

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It’s official: Most of us now get our news from social media

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mashable.com – The scale is tipping from traditional media to social media as a source for news. That’s the conclusion reached in a new study published on Thursday by Pew Research Center. Pew surveyed over 4,600 …

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The Model Minority Myth Is Hurting Struggling Students

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huffingtonpost.com – Senior Savenaca Gasaiwai is only one of around 30 Pacific Islander undergraduates out of over 24,000 at the University of California, Irvine. That’s why he was surprised last year when a senior adm…

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National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum

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napawf.org – Purvi Patel has already spent more than a year in prison. Now that the Indiana Court of Appeals will hear her case, she needs our support more than ever. Click here to receive updates from NAPAWF a…

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