Three months ago, public health officials feared that America would be swamped by… 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
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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
“Who is really to blame for climate change?”, BBC Future
By Jocelyn Timperley, London,
We know that climate change is caused by human activity, but pinning… Continue reading
“How DACA Has Transformed The Lives Of Dreamers — And Their Communities”, NPR
Natalie Escobar, Code Switch, June 18, 2020
Today, the 643,000 DACA recipients in the United States can breathe a little… Continue reading
“‘Filthy Rich’ director talks Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘molestation pyramid scheme,’ relationships with Trump and Clinton”, Yahoo TV
Kevin Polowy, Jun 18, 2020
As Netflix viewers have discovered in the weeks since its release, the four-part series Jeffrey… Continue reading