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From slavery to today: The Black women who shaped America

"If you don’t understand the history of Black women, you don’t understand the history of America." Those words from Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison open Sasha Bonét's debut memoir, "The Waterbearers". The New York writer traces three generations of Black women in her family: her grandmother Betty Jean, the daughter of formerly enslaved people in Louisiana who went on to raise eleven…

From slavery to today: The Black women who shaped America

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'I'm done with medical abuse': actor Arnaud Denis dies by euthanasia in Belgium

The French actor and director had been in unbearable pain since a polypropylene prosthesis was fitted in 2023 after a right groin hernia. Aged 43, he was euthanised this Tuesday in Namur, Belgium.

  • Actor Arnaud Denis, 43, chose euthanasia to end suffering
  • Severe implant complications led to unbearable pain
  • Medical system accused of public health scandal

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