II Karma

Woman sitting on a Kikau (coconut frond mat) making a Tivaevae (quilt). She has a siamese cat on her lap. 

(Photograph taken on Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in 1960 by John C Burland.) 

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot to death in Houston, Texas, USA, by ICE agents earlier this week, on July 7th. Araujo was 52, and was in the process of completing his citizenship authorization in the United States. He was family man who was deeply dedicated to his wife and three children, and supported his coworkers at their construction company without fail. He was assaulted by ICE during a traffic stop and, according to ICE, fled while using his car as a deadly weapon, justifying his murder. As there is currently little to no civilian footage of the murder and ICE has complete control of the narrative, holding ICE to the fire will be exponentially harder than the murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti.

A Benzedeira, or Brazilian traditional healer, tending to an altar in the temple that is also her home