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United Kingdom: London to have 2 new skyscrapers Mayor approves City of London’s tallest skyscraper BBC News LONDON- The 62-floor skyscraper will be the highest building in London’s financial district, know as the Square Mile. The 295m-high (967.8 ft) tower, at 22 Bishopsgate, will be built on the site of The Pinnacle – a seven-floor […]

Historical Flashback: Christmas and enslavement in the United States The following historical newspaper articles relate to enslaved people of African descent around the Christmas season in United States. 1851 1851 1856 1856 1858 1860 1862 1865 On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed the official adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to […]

Sylvester Turner elected mayor of Houston, Texas Houston hasn’t elected a Republican mayor in more than 30 years. Houston elects Sylvester Turner (Democrat) as its next mayor.  Sylvester Turner defeated Republican businessman Bill King on 12 December 2015 to make him the next mayor of Houston, the fourth most-populous U.S. city (ranking by city limit population only, not by the […]

NFL and MLB: Atlanta and Minneapolis new stadiums update December, 2015 New Atlanta Falcons Mercedes-Benz Stadium December 11, 2015 stadium photo update Click images below to enlarge. Click your return arrow to return to this article. Source: Atlanta Falcons The new stadium home for the Atlanta Falcons’ is located next to the 22-year-old Georgia Dome. The […]

Donald Trump: An American distraction and a reminder of the German American Bund- Nazi supporters Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, in New York City, New York. Mr. Trump is grandson (father’s side) of German immigrants Frederick Trump and Elizabeth Trump. On his mother’s side Mr. Trump is the son […]

Africa: China and Djibouti negotiate over first overseas military base China plans to build its first overseas military outpost in the east African nation of Djibouti Xinhua BEIJING- The Chinese government has confirmed its started negotiations with Djibouti’s government for the construction of a new military base there. The Chinese Foreign Ministry says the base […]

Cincinnati light rail streetcar begins live power testing The new Cincinnati light rail streetcar started its first live-power vehicle test in the Central Business District. ________ Video: Cincinnati streetcar in downtown ________ _______

Dutch society vows to keep “Blackface” Zwarte Piet – Sinterklaas Christmas tradition -Origin is the black Moors of Spain By Matthew Martin New Zealand Herald Rotorua and New Zealand’s Dutch communities are being asked to reconsider their Black Pete pre-Christmas tradition. But the Netherlands Society Rotorua is defending the tradition – where a person blackens […]

Changes in American Culture Since the 1950s Survey ANXIETY, NOSTALGIA, AND MISTRUST FINDINGS FROM THE 2015 AMERICAN VALUES SURVEY Robert P. Jones, Daniel Cox, Betsy Cooper, and Rachel Lienesch Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) The 2015 American Values Survey was made possible by generous funding from the Ford Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Americans […]

Afro-Mexicans want legal recognition in Mexico’s National Constitution By Walter Thompson-Hernández Remezcla The myth of the Latin American racial democracy, scholars believe, began in Brazil following the abolishment of slavery in 1888, when government officials declared that high rates of racial mixing had officially absolved the nation of its racial problems. This thinking eventually transcended […]