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• U.S. Deports African & Asian Migrants To Panama

  17-02-2025 22:00
  
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  The U.S. has begun to deport African and Asian migrants to Panama.
  On Wednesday (February 12), an American military flight deported Asian migrants in U.S. immigration custody to Panama, marking a major step in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, per CBS News.
  Internal federal documents obtained by CBS News state the deportation included adults and families with children from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, and Uzbekistan.
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• Right-Wing ‘DEI Watchlist’ Targets More Federal Employees

  17-02-2025 17:29
  Close-up of an eye showing the details in the iris and sclera. By Jennifer Porter Gore
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  Overview:
  The far-right nonprofit organization behind an anti-diversity, equity and inclusion “watch list” has added more names and faces of federal employees to its list.
   
  The far-right nonprofit organization behind an anti-diversity, equity and inclusion “watch list” has added the names and faces of employees from
  
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• The fight to ban mail into Illinois prisons ramps up

  17-02-2025 17:17 via chicagoreader.com
  Illinois lawmakers and prison guards are ramping up efforts to ban physical mail into state prisons, blaming synthetic-drug-sprayed paper for a rise in overdoses behind bars. Similar policies are being pushed across the country, and have already been approved in 15 states, including Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Texas.  Two proposals filed in the Illinois General Assembly […]
  The post The fight to ban mail into Illinois prisons ramps up appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Teen Divinefavour Osuji Wins National STEM Award for Prosthetic Innovation

  17-02-2025 16:00
  
  Divinefavour Osuji (Photo Provided).
  BHM Move Makers: Black Chicagoans Doing Big Things – Stories highlighting individuals in our city who are driving change.
   
  Chicago high school senior Divinefavour Osuji made a vow that not only fuels his life’s purpose but has also propelled him to win one of the nation’s most prestigious academic awards.
  “I made a promise to myself to be a part of engineering solutions or even create solutions for these problems to ensure that a
  
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• Performing care

  17-02-2025 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “The Expectancies" through 3/1 at Roman Susan
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