Category: Feature, International
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VI Grammy Goes to… the Next Generation
By Caleisha Simon (STT-November 30, 2022) Four Virgin Islands artists and creators have made history yet again by totaling 11 Grammy Award nominations in 2022. Announced on Nov. 15, 2022, the Grammys blessed the Virgin Islands with nominations for several artists, including one half of the legendary Rock City—Theron Thomas, Verse Simmonds, Masai Harris, and…
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2022 Journalism Summit: Time Capsule-Then and Now
(STX-December 10, 2022, staff). Local media joined a group of national and international guests invited by students of the University of the Virgin Islands Association of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) a successful virtual series of lectures, held last month via virtual format. The 2022 UVIABJ Journalism summit, held its second two-day conference in an effort to…
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Five More Young Palestinian Martyrs
by Tawfiq Abdul Muhsen (St. Thomas, November 30, 2022). On November 29, 2022 the Israeli occupation forces assassinated five Palestinian civilians from different parts of the West Bank. The five martyrs included two brothers , Jawad AL-Rimawi 22 years- old and Thafr AL-Rimawi 21-years old, from Beit Rima, near the village of Kefr Ein….
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The African Creative Industries Will Create Millions of Jobs Across the Continent
By Kyra Edwards (St. Croix, December 16, 2022). United States President Joe Biden hosted leaders from across the African continent for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022. The Summit highlighted ideologies held by major world policymakers that as the youngest continent on the planet and a key geopolitical figure,…
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Black Social Media Conveys Alertness on Shanquella Robinson Case
By Keanu Jacobs (STJ-November 2022) The power of black social media elevated and brought justice to Shanquella’s story. Social media users who used #SayHerName brought awareness to violence against Shanquella Robinson and her tragic loss on all media platforms. According to an NBC News reporter, Robinson’s mother, Salamandra, is thanking Black users on Twitter, TikTok,…
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What REALLY Happened at UVA?
UVIABJ Staff Reporter- WJS (STT-November 2022) The University of Virginia (UVA) has been in the national headlines recently, and not in a good way. As the 2022 fall semester came to a close, a traumatic event happened at UVA when three student-athletes were killed, and two other people were shot and injured. The incident took…
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“Lean on Me” by Bill Withers Review: An Anthem for Solidarity
by Kira Edwards Time and time again, we have seen the song rally together those rising up after tragedies …
