The Daily Populous

I wanted to be a close-up magician, and I studied with a man who was profoundly good.

He assessed me, though, and said, “You’re going to have a lot of trouble being a close up magician.”

And by sheer accident, right after that revelation, my family and I moved a couple of towns over. »

At least 10 groups with a history of making anti-Black, anti-LGBTQ or anti-immigrant statements received loans from the government's small business coronavirus relief fund.

Eight of those groups are identified as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

But while lobbyists were banned, advocacy groups weren't, which opened the door to all types of issue-focused groups receiving money. »

Before she tested positive, Byrd and two other teachers taught a summer school class virtually from the same classroom.

The teachers who survived also say Byrd's death is a stark reminder of the risks teachers will face if school reopens too soon.

Usually, teachers put together fun science-based lessons for students, said Angela Skillings, one of the three teachers who tested positive for COVID-19. »

Thousands of Nigerian women forced into prostitution were left to starve by sex traffickers during the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy, the Guardian can reveal.

“Sex traffickers had no interest in feeding or helping Nigerian women during the pandemic,” says Alberto Mossino, co-founder of Piam Onlus with his wife, Princess Okokon, a former victim of sex trafficking.

“In the eyes of sex traffickers these women are subhuman, exploited to enrich their pimps, who treat them like ATMs. »