Front page, The New York Times, Sunday, May 24, 2020
This is the Memorial Day weekend in the… Continue reading
” As Brazil’s COVID-19 cases surge, Lula slams Bolsonaro for pandemic response”, PBS NewsHour
Amna Nawaz, May 20, 2020
Brazil’s coronavirus crisis is one of the world’s most dire. The country’s president,… Continue reading
“Forty Years Later, Lessons for the Pandemic From Mount St. Helens”, The New York Times
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The tensions we now face between science, politics and economics also arose before… Continue reading
“A Coronavirus Turf War in Klickitat County”, The New Yorker
A handful of sheriffs in Washington State have said they won’t enforce the… Continue reading
“Mitt Romney calls Trump’s IG firings ‘a threat to accountable democracy'”, CNN International
“Social grants and food aid provide scant relief”, New Frame
By Amanda Khoza and Anna Majavu, Johannesburg, 14 May 2020
State assistance, especially during the Covid-19 crisis, helps people who… Continue reading
“France arrests fugitive ‘financier’ of Rwanda genocide”, Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Paris, 16 May 2020
Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key fugitives wanted over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, was in… Continue reading
“The Bailout Is Working — for the Rich”, ProPublica
The economy is in free fall but Wall Street is thriving, and stocks… Continue reading
“‘Wuhan Diary’ Brings Account Of China’s Coronavirus Outbreak To English Speakers”, NPR
Emily Fang, May 14 202o
In her now-world-famous writing, Chinese author Fang Fang implores: “The departed are gone, but the… Continue reading
“FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus”, Los Angeles Times
Del Quentin Wilber, Jennifer Haberkorn, May 13, 2020
WASHINGTON —
Federal agents seized a cellphone… Continue reading