Indigenous groups challenge ’colonialist mentality’ in new Quebecois museum

Premier Legault said that the museum will focus specifically on the history of the French-speaking Quebecois but will also discuss Indigenous contributions Quebec Premier Francois Legault.Photo by Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press QUEBEC — Several Indigenous groups are calling on the Quebec government to distance itself from the “colonialist mentality” as it designs a new $92-million … Read more

Biden confirms trip to Angola to fulfill pledge to visit Africa

President Biden confirmed Tuesday that he will visit Angola next month, fulfilling his pledge to visit Africa during his presidency. The retiring 81-year-old-president will make a six-day trip abroad from Oct. 10-15 — with a stopover in Germany on the way — in the final month of the campaign to pick his successor in the … Read more

Cardinal Dolan ‘disappointed’ Kamala Harris is skipping Al Smith dinner: ‘We’re not used to this’

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York expressed disappointment that Vice President Kamala Harris intends to skip the 79th annual white-tie Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner this year. For the past four decades, nominees from the two major political parties have headlined the lively and often humorous Catholic charity event as an effort to show collegiality between partisan … Read more

Migrant advocate files criminal charges against Trump and Vance over Springfield pet-eating controversy

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A migrant-advocacy leader who says America’s immigration “system is rooted in anti-Black racism” has filed criminal charges against Donald Trump and JD Vance, including two for “aggravated menacing,” over the pair’s comments about Haitians’ food choices in small-town Ohio. Guerline Jozef, on behalf of her group Haitian Bridge Alliance, Tuesday demanded Clark … Read more

CUNY anti-Israel activists refused to cooperate with antisemitism probe, says judge who oversaw sweeping review

Activists at CUNY who despise Israel refused to cooperate with the state’s independent probe into rampant campus antisemitism. “There are people who thought the deck was stacked [against them]. They hurt their own cause,” said  Jonathan Lippman, the widely respected, retired chief judge of the state Court of Appeals who oversaw the sweeping review of … Read more

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