Tag: Personal Freedom
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Small-Dollar Loans Empowered This Fitness Trainer to Help Transform Her Life and Her Community’s Health
Uplifted by small loans and a big vision, one personal trainer turned adversity into…
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Soviet Dissident Warns of the Creeping Influence of Communism in the U.S.
From communal housing and bribery to religious persecution, Soviet dissident Janna Blanter shares her…
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This Venezuelan Activist Has Spent Four Months In Captivity For Challenging Maduro’s Regime
A fearless Venezuelan activist live-streamed her abduction by Maduro’s oppressive government, which detained her…
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The Weight of Being A Girl – Iranian Dissident Golbon Marandiz Urges Young Women to Defy Injustice After Mahsa Amini’s Death
In the aftermath of Mahsa Amini’s murder, Golbon Marandiz speaks out against the weight…
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Teaching Without Ties: How One Educator Escaped the Union
Special education teacher Karin Majewski put her career on the line to help public…
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Socialism Stole Her Childhood – Here’s How Gabriela Blanco is Countering Cuba’s Influence in the United States
After witnessing the corrosion of Castro's "socialist utopia," Cuban dissident Gabriela Blanco is warning…
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Grace Jo’s “Series of Miracles” Saved Her From the “Death Sentence” of Remaining in North Korea
After Grace Jo's father was executed for attempting to save his family from extreme…
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Frances Hui Isn’t From China: One Woman’s Fight for the Hong Kong Identity
Frances Hui landed on a “Wanted Persons” list after fighting for democracy in her…
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Starvation, Surveillance, and Back-Alley Abortions: Romanian Dissident Reveals Horrors of Living Under a Communist Regime
Romanian dissident Daniela Ionescu reveals what life was truly like for women under an…