Category: Environment
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus “The government is removing very young children to no one,” Cubas said. “But our courts are in a state of emergency. Our media is COVID-19 all the time. We don’t even have congressional hearings right now in full force. There is less scrutiny.” #Trump #Deportations #Mexico #LatinAmerica…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Dengue kills too’: Latin America faces two epidemics at once As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. #LatinAmerica #Dengue #COVID #Ecuador Hong Kong parliament in chaos as politicians fight for chair “Deadlock in a legislature often is part of a healthy democracy as…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Where You’re Out of Work Makes All the Difference in the World “When life goes back to normal, I’m going to be at the lowest rung of the ladder,” Bowen said. “I’m not going to have anything, and I’m going to be so behind on all my bills. It’s just going to be an avalanche.”…
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The Real Working Class Heroes II
“A basic principle of the modern state capitalism is that cost and risk are socialized, while profit is privatized.” – Noam Chomsky Thank you, Essential Workers Coronavirus has impacted the globe. Many nations are on lockdown, and cities worldwide have issued shelter-at-home orders for their residents. The United States has been walloped by COVID-19. Many…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Neil Sardana
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the fellow Midwesterner, Univesity of Michigan alumni,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Dismissed U.S. carrier captain gets hero’s ovation from crew He called for “decisive action”: removing more than 4,000 sailors from the ship and isolating them, and wrote that unless the Navy acted immediately it would be failing to properly safeguard “our most trusted asset – our sailors.” #GoNavy #COVID19 #Sailors #TrumpsAmerica “Shoot them dead”: Philippine President…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases Asked about the latest figures at a White House briefing on Thursday afternoon, President Trump said it was “a tribute to the amount of testing that we’re doing”. Vice-President Mike Pence said coronavirus tests were now available in all 50 states and more than 552,000 tests had been conducted nationwide.…
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There’s no going back
“Those mob fools want you gone so they can get back to the way things were. But I know the truth. There’s no going back. You’ve changed things…forever.” – The Joker, The Dark Knight Normalcy I’ve always felt this scene from the Dark Knight was one of those by god; he has a profound point…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
2020 Tokyo Olympics Will Be Postponed Due to Coronavirus, Says IOC’s Dick Pound “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound said. “The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the Games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.” #Japan #TheOlympics #SummerGames Cuba’s Coronavirus…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Coronavirus Called America’s Bluff The United States also had an early warning of the new virus—but it, too, suppressed that information. In late January, just as instances of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, began to appear in the United States, an infectious-disease specialist in Seattle, Helen Y. Chu, realized that she had…
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