“Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90”, The New York Times
The archbishop, a powerful force for nonviolence in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement,… Continue reading
“Another Christmas of Death and Distress in America’s I.C.U.s”, The New York Times
Sarah Bahr and
The toll on health care workers, many of whom are giving… Continue reading
“Gorbachev’s resignation 30 years ago marked the end of USSR”, Associated Press
By Vladimir Isachenkov, December 25, 2021
MOSCOW (AP) — People strolling across Moscow’s snowy Red Square on the evening of… Continue reading
“For the Gwich’in People, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Isn’t a Political Issue, It’s Home”, Smithsonian Magazine
Photographs by Peter Mather, Text by Eva Holland, December 2021 Issue
Journey to the far north of Alaska, where the… Continue reading
“Now This Is The Truth”, Dublin Review of Books
Maura O’Kiely,
Making Nice, by Ferdinand Mount, Bloomsbury, 248 pp, £13.99, ISBN: 978-1472994387
In his… Continue reading
“2021: The year of the mask”, BBC Future
By Stephen Dowling/Images chosen by Javier Hirschfeld, 21st December 2021
As the world entered its second full year of… Continue reading
“Doctors and Nurses Are ‘Living in a Constant Crisis’ as Covid Fills Hospitals”, The New York Times
Hospitalizations across the country have increased 20 percent in two weeks, taxing already… Continue reading
“The legacy of bell hooks — trailblazing scholar and activist — lives through her students”, The Washington Post
By María Luisa Paúl, December 16, 2021
“Feminist author and poet bell hooks, known for ‘Aint I A Woman’ and ‘All About Love’, dies at 69”, USA Today
Elise Brisco and Hannah Yasharoff, Dec. 15, 2021
Beloved author, professor and feminist bell hooks, known for… Continue reading
“James Webb Space Telescope: Looking back in time to catch the earliest starlight in creation”, 60 Minutes
By Scott Pell, CBS News, December 12, 2021
This December 22, may become known as the day the universe changed.… Continue reading