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Mental Health Care For All
I started my MSW program at the University of Chicago in the fall of 2009. Social work was a second career goal for me. The Bush Era “No Child Left Behind” policy soured me on becoming a teacher, but I thought I’d be a professor. Well, that never happened. In grad school, I quickly learned […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Francia Marquez: From maid to Colombia’s first Black vice president She made the fight to preserve Afro-Colombian lands a central part of her political campaign, constantly harking back to her roots. “I am an Afro-Colombian woman, a single mother of two who gave birth to her first child at the age of 16 and worked […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
How the Pandemic Fueled Global Hunger: 2.5 Billion Lack Nutritious Food, 1 in 5 Children Are Stunted The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a sharp increase in the number of people going hungry worldwide, along with conflict and the impacts of climate change. A new report on the state of food security and nutrition in the world […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US carries out air raids on Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq “The US still continues the wrong path in the region. What we see today is not only the sanctions but also following the wrong policies of the previous administration with actions they carry out in the region,” #US #Iran #Iraq #WarOnTerror Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray after […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Sweden’s Pandemic Experiment “Due to the developments we see, we need to use even measures where evidence and effect is low,” he said. Swedes are slowly making masks a part of their pandemic routines. My mother-in-law has bought some masks to wear on buses and trams. She and my father-in-law continue to see a small […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Bloody Truth About Drones: We Need an International Convention on Drones In just the first year of his administration, Trump killed more people—including 250 children—with drones in Yemen and Pakistan than President Barack Obama did in eight years. And Obama was no slouch in this department, increasing the use of drone attacks by a […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary The city of Hiroshima in western Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack on Thursday. Three days after its Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World […]