Issue of the Week: Environment, War, Personal Growth, Economic Opportunity, Population, Disease, Hunger, Human Rights
Prayer for a Just War, Harper’s Magazine, June 2021 Issue
In our last post, we noted how a… Continue reading
“Just How Big Could India’s True Covid Toll Be?”, The New York Times
Lazaro Gamio and
The official Covid-19 figures in India grossly understate the true… Continue reading
“Somaliland 30 years after secession”, Le Monde diplomatique
By Markus Virgil Hoehne, Paris, 18 May 2021
30 years ago, on 18 May 1991, the Republic of Somaliland… Continue reading
“The kids in Colombia”, El Pais
Debora Diniz and Giselle Carino, Madrid, 18 May 2021
In the streets of Bogotá, Cali, Manizales and Medellín, young… Continue reading
“Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds”, CNN
By Amy Woodyatt, May 20, 2021
London (CNN) There is no such thing as a “safe” level of drinking,… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights
The Women Who Enabled Jeffrey Epstein, Politico Magazine, May 14, 2021
Once and a while, a piece of… Continue reading
“‘Deep Regret’ Inside Aid Organization Grappling With Sexual Abuse”, The New York Times
Mercy Corps made public a report detailing sexual abuse allegations, including reports that the… Continue reading
“Massive increase in food needed as famine looms in southern Madagascar”, Médecins Sans Frontières
Press Release, 17 May 2021
ANTANANARIVO/PARIS – An immediate and massive increase in food aid is urgently needed for… Continue reading