American Indian Movement
AIM Member on What Lead to Wounded Knee Occupation

Protestors Occupy Wounded Knee. Source: Revolution Newspaper.

Bill Means, a Lakota member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), which advocates for the rights of American Indians, discusses the events that led to AIM’s takeover and 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota. The complex event that lead to the Wounded … Continue reading

2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak
Dr. Kent Brantly On Contracting Ebola

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Dr. Kent Brantly, working with the NGO Sumaritan’s Purse in Liberia, contracted Ebola in July of 2014 while treating patients. Dr. Brantly discusses treating his first Ebola patient, who had arrived at the hospital with her uncle. Both the young woman, Teresa, and her uncle had Ebola, however Teresa’s uncle … Continue reading