Activist challenges LGBT free zone claims in Poland
Bart Staszewski travels through Polish towns declaring themselves free of LGBT ideology, tagging towns with LGBT-Free Zone signs and posting images online. His actions provoke government criticism, diplomatic rebukes, and legal challenges as authorities defend family values amid wider European concern.
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Warsaw
Poland
Bart Staszewski
Mateusz Morawiecki
Staszewski
Atlas of Hate
Morawiecki
Gazeta Polska
European Parliament
Law and Justice
Russia
Human Rights Watch
Rafal Trzaskowski
Pawel Rabiej
Andrzej Duda
Trzaskowski
Lgbt Rights Movement
Mellon backs $250M effort to reshape public monuments
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will spend 250 million over five years to build new monuments, add context to existing ones, and relocate others. The program prioritizes underrepresented communities, with initial grants including 4 million to Monument Lab in Philadelphia to audit and rethink national commemorations and expand field offices.
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New Orleans
America
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
U.S
South
Christopher Columbus
Elizabeth Alexander
Mellon Foundation
Alexander
Foundation
Ford Foundation
Barack Obama
Mellon
National Memorial For Peace and Justice
Montgomery
Monument Lab
Philadelphia
Paul Farber
Ken Lum
Farber
Uganda faces blood shortages amid coronavirus surge
Health officials in Uganda report a sharp fall in blood donation as schools stay closed and the pandemic strains supplies. They cite low collections at Kampala hospitals, with July and August figures far below targets, while donors face stress, malnutrition, and ongoing economic hardship.
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Uganda
Kampala
Emmanuel Batiilowe
Dorothy Byabazaire
Batilowe
Uganda Red Cross
Irene Nakasuta
Ariho Franco
Mengo Hospital
Franco
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