All articles tagged with #injustice
Lucy Campbell, a South African activist and historian, uses her tours of Cape Town's historic sites to highlight the ongoing impacts of colonialism, slavery, and dispossession, criticizing how these histories are memorialized and calling for more inclusive and truthful representations of the past.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Carabinieri headquarters in Castel Gandolfo, emphasizing the importance of faithfulness, love, and hope in the face of injustice and violence, and expressing gratitude for the service of the Italian gendarmerie and their role in protecting pilgrims and maintaining social order.
Crystal Palace's removal from the Europa League due to alleged multi-club ownership conflicts is viewed as a 'terrible injustice' by club chairman Steve Parish, who plans to appeal the decision. The club qualified for the Europa League by winning the FA Cup but was denied entry after UEFA found a breach related to ownership structures, despite Palace's claims of independence. The outcome could be overturned if the Court of Arbitration for Sport rules in their favor, potentially restoring their European competition spot.
Crystal Palace's chairman Steve Parish condemns UEFA's decision to demote the club from the Europa League due to multi-club ownership rules, calling it 'the biggest injustice in football' and plans to appeal the ruling.
Nico Hulkenberg's first F1 podium at the British Grand Prix ends his record for most starts without a podium, highlighting his resilience and skill despite a career marked by missed opportunities and mistakes.
Ed Boon, creative director at NetherRealm Studios, plans to continue working on Mortal Kombat and Injustice as long as he finds it fun and the fans remain satisfied, indicating ongoing development and new titles in the franchises.
The new biopic "Back to Black" about Amy Winehouse is criticized for perpetuating damaging tropes and suggesting that her inability to have a child was the source of her torment, reducing her complexity and contributing to a gendered simplification of her struggles, ultimately insulting her legacy and tragic demise.
Sybil Garbow, a 72-year-old Black woman, shares her experience of being jailed in Minnesota for assaulting a white coworker. She describes substandard conditions in the jail, including poor hygiene, inadequate dietary adjustments for her health conditions, and lack of respect from some staff members. Garbow plans to appeal her conviction and is determined to pay the restitution, but she feels there is an injustice problem in Anoka for Black people and hopes for a fair trial where the truth can come out.
The UK government has signed the Hillsborough Charter, acknowledging the "multiple injustices" suffered by the victims of the 1989 soccer stadium disaster in Sheffield, England. The charter aims to prevent similar tragedies in the future and includes a "duty of candour" for policing in England and Wales. The government's response follows a 2017 report that made recommendations for transparent and public-interest actions by public bodies. The disaster resulted in the deaths of 97 Liverpool supporters and remains the worst sports disaster in British history.
The family of Dexter Wade, who was struck and killed by a Jackson police officer and buried in a pauper's field without his mother's knowledge, suffered another indignity when his remains were exhumed without ceremony. Despite arranging the exhumation with county officials, Bettersten Wade arrived to find her son's remains already dug up and placed in a body bag. This latest insult adds to the ordeal she has faced since her son's death, which sparked public outrage. The exhumation, conducted out of sight of the public, raises questions about transparency and accountability in the case. Dexter Wade's funeral is scheduled for next week.
Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author of the Metro series, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a Moscow court in absentia for allegedly spreading false information about Russia's armed forces. Glukhovsky, who has been critical of the Kremlin, was labeled a "foreign agent" and is wanted by Russian authorities. The sentencing comes after Russia passed a law punishing those who spread "fake" information against the government's narrative on the war with up to 15 years in prison. Glukhovsky had previously announced plans for a new entry in the Metro series, which is being developed for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
Hundreds of long-term sick and mentally ill people from the Windrush generation were sent back to the Caribbean between the 1950s and the early 1970s, under a scheme that was meant to be voluntary, according to formerly classified documents. Families say they were ripped apart and some were never reunited. The UK government said it was committed to tackling the injustices of the era. The revelations have sparked calls for a public inquiry into the repatriation policy.
Kathleen Folbigg, dubbed "Australia's worst serial killer," was released from prison after spending 20 years behind bars for killing her four children. Spanish scientist Carola García Vinuesa helped to expose one of Australia's biggest injustices by showing that the children could have died of natural causes. García Vinuesa's team found a gene mutation in two of Folbigg's daughters, while the other two children had severe epilepsy and respiratory distress. A petition signed by 90 scientists and medical experts from around the world, including two Nobel laureates, helped secure Folbigg's release.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declined to publicly support reparations payments to some Black state residents recommended by a task force looking at how to mitigate injustices and discrimination stemming from slavery. The recommendations approved Saturday outline restitution that, if approved by state lawmakers, could cost billions of dollars to address historical disparities in health care, housing, and policing. The task force's recommendations will be presented at its next meeting, then to the state Legislature by July 1.
Injustice, the fighting game franchise from NetherRealm Studios set in an alternate DC Comics universe, has become a successful sub-franchise for DC with its commitment to its own nonsense and bombastic superhero brawls. The series' success can be attributed to its mid-2010s release, before the idea of a "dickhead Superman" became exhausting, and DC's efforts to expand the franchise through comic book prequels, crossovers, and an animated film adaptation. Injustice's success has also inspired similar alt-universe stories in DC Comics.