“Texas shooting: Houston police chief ‘hits rock bottom’ on gun reform”, BBC News
London, May 20, 2018
The police chief of Houston says he has hit “rock bottom” over failure to enact gun… Continue reading
“Why the Seattle ‘head tax’ is relevant to the nation”, The Washington Post
By Jared Bernstein, PostEverything, Perspective, May 16, 2018
Let’s talk about this “head tax” on large businesses — those with… Continue reading
“Jerusalem and its Holy Sites”, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
By Jessie Steinhauer, the American University in Cairo, May 16, 2018
Timeline of the struggle over Jerusalem and its holy… Continue reading
“Santa Fe, Texas school shooting kills 10, deadliest since Parkland”, KXAN NBC Austin
Juan A. Lozano, AP, Austin, May 18, 2018
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights, Environment, War, Econonic Opportunity, Hunger, Disease, Population, Personal Growth
Berta Cáceres, Goldman Environmental Prize Recipient, 2015
During this year of of anniversaries of assasinations that changed history, it… Continue reading
“This Is Not Just About Junot Díaz”, The New York Times
By Linda Martín Alcoff, The Stone, May 16, 2018
For those of us who have been fighting for decades against… Continue reading
“Whitney Houston’s Dark Family Secret Uncovered in New Documentary”, Vanity Fair
In Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney, premiering at Cannes Wednesday, Houston’s inner circle confirm a childhood… Continue reading
“The myth of Mother’s Day”, Women’s Agenda
Georgina Dent, Sydney, May 11, 2018
Unless you have been living under a rock you are likely to be aware… Continue reading
“770,000 children under five suffering from acute malnutrition in Kasai region of Democratic Republic of the Congo”, UNICEF
Press Release, 11 May 2018
NEW YORK/DAKAR/GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG/KINSHASA, 11 May 2018 – At least 770,000 children in the Kasai region in… Continue reading