Opioids, Inc., Frontline, PBS, June 23, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic goes on. And gets worse.
How many of… Continue reading
Three months ago, public health officials feared that America would be swamped by… Continue reading
“Urgent Action Needed to Safeguard Futures of 600 Million South Asian Children Threatened by Covid-19”, UNICEF
News Release, Geneva/Kathmandu/New York, 23 June 2020
Cash transfers and other measures can prevent families slipping into poverty
The… Continue reading
“Why Hawk Moths are the Underdogs of the Pollinator World”, Smithsonian Magazine
By Abigail Eisenstadt, National Museum of Natueal History, June 22, 2020
Bees and butterflies are famous pollinators, but there’s another… Continue reading
“‘The U.S. has hamstrung itself’: How America became the new Italy on coronavirus”, Politico
By Dan Diamond and Sarah Wheaton, 6/22/2020
“Pandemic Danger Is at a New High, the W.H.O. Warns”, The New York Times
By
Beijing and Seoul have had a recent surge in coronavirus… Continue reading
“Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property”, The Guardian
Hilary Osborne, London, 20 June 2020
Data shows that people of colour are worse off than white counterparts and black… Continue reading
“Juneteenth and the Meaning of Freedom”, The New Yorker
“Hungry for change: the global food system”, United Nations Environment Program
James Lomax, programme manager with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, 18 June 2020
Something’s got to give.
The… Continue reading
“Writers condemn the lack of diversity in the 2020 Media24 Books Literary Prizes”, The Johannesburg Review of Books
The JRB Daily, June 19, 2020
Yesterday, the winners of this year’s annual Media24 Books Literary Prizes were announced. When… Continue reading
“What Does ‘Sex’ Mean? The Supreme Court Answers”, The New York Times
Contributing Opinion Writer, June 18, 2020
We’ll soon find out whether the court inflames the culture wars… Continue reading