Guyanese OnlineGuyana: Over 14,000 pupils sit 2018 National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA]
Mar 29, 2018
Over 14,000 pupils from schools across the country have been registered to sit the 2018 National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA] which commenced yesterday. NGSA is a school-leaving assessment which is designed to determine where pupils will undergo their secondary level education. Continue reading
My 17-hour Qantas odyssey in kangaroo pyjamas
David Munk in the air – The Guardian . UK
The airline has made history with its first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK. Here’s what it was like to be on board
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
This is the story of a flight. But it starts with a few caveats. Firstly, it is not a normal flight – the passengers are not your average travellers as they include ministers, CEOs and more journalists than politicians would normally be comfortable sharing a small space with. Continue reading
America Cannot Bear to Bring Back Indentured Servitude
It’s a history lesson worth remembering: The exploitation of immigrant workers only encourages more — and worse — abuse.
Ariel Ron and Dael Norwood | The Atlantic
In 1624, Jane Dickenson petitioned the governor of Virginia for relief from bondage. Four years earlier, her husband had signed a contract of indenture to pay for his immigration from England; it obliged him to labor for a man named Nicholas Hide for a period of seven years. Continue reading
Opinion: The guns debate is a culture war. And young people will win it
The guns debate is a culture war. And young people will win it
Jessica Valenti – The Guardian. UK –
This is a fight between a young, diverse, feminist generation against an old, white, male minority desperate to hang on to power
Emma Gonszales
‘There’s a long history of white male support for gun rights being connected to anger and fear over gains for women and people of color.’ Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP.
Young activists raised on social media and memes were bound to come up with the best protest signs. Continue reading →
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