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Month: October 2023

Puerto Rico Guide: Weekend Get-away

by Sarah Larsen and Anne Anderson If you ever considered a weekend trip to Puerto Rico, you should. Puerto Rico is a beautiful destination with historical sights, amazing nature, and friendly locals. Whether looking for a nice beach, surfing, hiking,…

A Whale of a Find: Rare Discovery Sets the Stage for Unprecedented Research

Stranded Whale on STJ Offers Research Opportunities By Sarah ChiChi Larsen and Nico Thomas (special submission) (St. John & St. Thomas, October 18, 2023) – On Tuesday morning, October 17, 2023, St. John locals discovered an unusual whale species. The…

Deadly Pattern: 20 Journalists Died by Israeli Military Fire in 22 years

(STX, October 9, 2023 reprinted by permission- CPJ) Deadly Pattern: 20 journalists died by Israeli military fire in 22 years. No one has been held accountable. The May 11, 2022, killing of Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh is part…

Palestine Resistance 2023

by Tawfiq Muhsen (STT, October 8, 2023) On October 7, 2023 at 6:30am, different Palestinian brigades in Gaza united and launched the military operation called “Al-Aqsa flood.” The united Palestinian freedom fighters brigades launched rockets and demolished the barbed border…

PODCAST #COM110 -VIEWPOINTS Episode 2 #ENOUGH wasn’t enough?

(STT/STX, Oct 8, 2023). Listen to viewpoints from our podcast influencers:  Episode #2 ENOUGH wasn’t enough? led by Calyse Garvey features Jadah Jarvis, Nico Thomas, Cheryl Hendricks Thomas and Siddiq McNair Discussion about tweet posted online by Kalabrya Haskins to…

PODCAST-COMM @110 – VIEWPOINTS

(STX/STT, October 5, 2023) Listen to viewpoints from our podcast influencers. Episode #1 led by Siddiq McNair, features Jadah Jarvis, Nico Thomas, Calyse Garvey, Hunter Simpson, and Cheryl Hendricks Thomas In early September, Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. allegedly…