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from BBC News (UK)
The story of Sierra Leone's Krio people - in pictures
The Krio people of Sierra Leone are partly descended from former enslaved Africans who fought for the British in the American War of Independence, in exchange for promises of freedom. After the American victory in 1783, they fled with the British to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, from where they were sent back to Africa, and the British colony of Sierra Leone. This had been founded for freed slaves, even before the slave trade was abolished in 1807.
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from The Guardian (UK)
Huw Edwards joins backlash over bilingual name for Welsh Senedd
For champions of the Welsh language, the use of Senedd as the new name for the assembly in Cardiff was a great moment of pride, referring back centuries to a Welsh parliament convened in the early 15th century. It was also recognition that the word had already been adopted by many non-Welsh speakers. So a move to reject a Welsh-only name in favour of a bilingual moniker has caused disbelief and confusion – and contributed to a growing debate about Welsh identity.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: Private property rights include the right to be an eyesore
Every neighborhood has at least one. The house where the lawn is more weeds than grass, if there’s anything green at all. Peeling paint, missing shingles, broken glass replaced with a sheet of plastic to make it through the winter. Or perhaps windows efficiently boarded up by a bank after foreclosure. Sometimes that house is also a home, and the homeowners may be doing the best they can with limited resources. It doesn’t help when they are hit with administrative fees that could lead to foreclosure. And it almost happened to Henry Pierce, owner of the historic Eikenbary-Pierce house.
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Sue Lani Madsen: Private property rights include the right to be an eyesore
Every neighborhood has at least one. The house where the lawn is more weeds than grass, if there’s anything green at all. Peeling paint, missing shingles, broken glass replaced with a sheet of plastic to make it through the winter. Or perhaps windows efficiently boarded up by a bank after foreclosure. Sometimes that house is also a home, and the homeowners may be doing the best they can with limited resources. It doesn’t help when they are hit with administrative fees that could lead to foreclosure. And it almost happened to Henry Pierce, owner of the historic Eikenbary-Pierce house.
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