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How Mexico, bastion of machismo, got a female president before the U.S.
Anchorage Daily News· 2 hours agoMexico is famous for its macho culture. Women here didn’t win the right to vote for president until...
On this day in history, May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth delivers famed 'Ain’t I a Woman' speech
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAfrican American abolitionist and women's right advocate Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't...
'I'm kidnapped!'; 'Hotel Rwanda' hero on Rwandan prison ordeal
San Antonio Express-News· 2 days agoPaul Rusesabagina flew from Dubai thinking he would be doing good works in the days ahead — speaking...
Famous birthdays for May 31: Joe Namath, Lea Thompson
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days ago... in 1923 -- Actor/director Clint Eastwood in 1930 (age 94) -- Folk singer Peter Yarrow in 1938...
60 inspirational Pride Month quotes from LGBTQ luminaries
TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThese Pride Month quotes from LGBTQ celebrities, gay rights activists and allies remind us that love...
The 47 Hong Kong activists in the city's largest national security case
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe group disbanded in 2021, saying it could no longer operate amid “unprecedented” challenges posed...
'India's Watergate': A tale of political manipulation, disinformation and nationalism
WLRN Miami· 5 days agoIt started with a civil rights rally, and ended in riots. NPR investigates how 16 of India's most famous human rights activists were ...
22 LGBTQ+ figures you should know
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe star has gone on to win 14 Emmys, per the Television Academy. Although she's known as a commentator, Rachel Maddow is also a longtime LGBTQ+ activist...
Hong Kong Convicts Pro-Democracy Figures in Case That Cements Beijing’s Control
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoBefore then, the possibility remained that the Hong Kong government would use its new legal powers...
Monet Vandalized in Paris, Philadelphia Art School Closes, Christie’s Hackers Threaten to Auction...
ARTnews· 15 hours agoClaude Monet’s famous 1873 bucolic Impressionist painting of a woman and child walking through a...