Begbie
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“I didn’t choose émigré life, it chose me.” - Tupac, 1776. Proud Mlungu.
"After the 2023 ban on affirmative action, the share of Black students in Hopkins’ first-year class nosedived. The year before the ban, Black students made up 10% of the first-year class. The year after, they amounted to just 3%....'It feels like everyone is Asian now.'”
🇸🇩 In Sudan, more than 60% of the population is suffering from acute food shortages, with millions forced to eat leaves or animal feed to survive. According to the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, 61.7% of the population, around 28.9 million people, are acutely food-insecure. Tens of millions in Sudan are living on just one meal a day as the crisis deepens. The war between the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, now entering its third year, has displaced millions and fueled one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. Reports based on interviews with farmers, traders, and humanitarian workers describe how the war is pushing communities toward famine, driven by the collapse of agriculture and the use of starvation as a weapon, including the deliberate destruction of farms and markets. Aid systems are under severe strain. Communal kitchens are struggling to meet growing demand, while funding cuts are limiting the ability of humanitarian organizations to respond. Women and girls are among the most affected, facing heightened risks of violence and rapes when going to fields, markets, or even collecting water. After years of intense Gaza reporting, the international mainstream media is turning a blind eye to the suffering in Sudan. Why?
Exclusive: The Trump administration has fired two immigration judges who blocked the deportations of Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two int'l students who expressed pro-Palestinian views. Four other judges were fired on Friday too.
🚨 Denver Violence Update: March 17 to April 12, 2026 In just 27 days, Denver saw a disturbing wave of shootings, stabbings, and outdoor deaths. Here’s the breakdown of reported incidents on @DenverPolice : 🔫 March 17: Shooting – 12400 E. 42nd Ave. (1 dead) 🔫 March 18: Shooting – 2600 W. 10th Ave. (2 victims) 🔫 March 18: Shooting – 1500 S. Acoma (1 victim) 🔪 March 19: Stabbing – 1400 N. Oneida (1 victim) 💀 March 21: Outdoor death investigation – Quebec & 12th 💀 March 23: Outdoor death investigation – 3300 N. Vrain 🔫 March 25: Shooting – 2100 Stout (1 victim) 🔪 March 25: Stabbing – 2500 N. Ogden (1 victim) ⚰️ March 26: Homicide – 1600 Logan (1 dead) 🔪 March 28: Stabbing – 4000 Quebec (1 victim) 🔫 March 28: Shooting – 17th & Glenarm (1 dead) 🔫 March 28: Shooting – Location unknown (1 victim) 💀 March 28: Outdoor death investigation – 8200 E. Smith Rd. 💀 March 28: Outdoor death investigation – 1300 E. Colfax 🔪 April 2: Stabbing – 200 W. Warner Place (1 victim) 🔫 April 2: Shooting – 10100 E. Virginia Ave. (1 dead) 🔪 April 3: Stabbing – 12th & Wabash (1 victim) 🔫 April 3: Shooting – 18th & Stout (1 victim shot in the neck – random violence) 🔫 April 5: Shooting – Broadway & Maple (1 dead, multiple GSWs) 🔫 April 5: Shooting – 36th & Vine (1 dead) 🔫 April 7: Officer-Involved Shooting – 1000 S. Quitman (1 dead) 🔫 April 9: Shooting – 32nd & Lawrence (1 dead – random violence) 🔫 April 9: Shooting – 20th & Lawrence (1 victim) 💀 April 9: Outdoor death investigation – 2700 W. Cornell 💀 April 9: Outdoor death investigation – 44th & Logan 💀 April 10: Outdoor death investigation – 3100 S. Federal 🔪 April 10: Stabbing – Cedar & Broadway (1 victim) 💀 April 11: Outdoor death investigation – Lincoln & Bayaud 🔫 April 12: Shooting – 1300 block W. 46th (1 victim) 🔫 April 12: Shooting – 19000 Robins Dr. (1 dead) This level of violence is unacceptable. Every shooting and stabbing tears through our neighborhoods and leaves families devastated. We deserve safer streets and real accountability from our leaders.
