A Canadian Muslim woman was targeted at a public library on Saturday in what police are calling an unprovoked attack by a suspect who attempted to remove and set the woman’s hijab on fire. Officers from the Durham Regional Police responded to an assault call at the Ajax Public Library in Ontario, about 50 miles … Read more
Stephen Menon & Laurence Cawley BBC Investigations, London BBC For Kiran Choda, a full-time carer to her elderly mother, Broad Green library had been been a place of sanctuary, respite and a place to meet friends The UK is losing libraries at a rate of about 40 each year, BBC research has found. According to … Read more
You might’ve heard that a big weeklong boycott against Amazon and all its subsidiaries kicked off on March 7, organized by the same group — People’s Union USA — behind the Feb. 28 “economic blackout” day. The prospect of this boycott can feel daunting given the many companies Amazon owns: Whole Foods, Ring, Twitch, IMDb, … Read more
