| Apr 6, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt already feels like we’ve lived through a decade in these first few months of 2020. In the midst of a pandemic, the months and years ahead will be like nothing we’ve ever seen. Prophets are predicting the end of days, while climate change activists speculate a...
| Apr 1, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a veteran of the U.S. Army, I’m often thanked for my service. I’ve never felt comfortable receiving this thanks. To be honest, I’m not proud of my participation in the Iraq War. But recently, as the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic gripped...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / Democracy“COVID-19 is a White man’s disease. It doesn’t seem to infect Black people,” posited Jane, a community leader in New Haven, Connecticut, who had come to the U.S. as a refugee from Africa many years ago. Jane addressed my team of health researchers and members of...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedImagine a country where health care workers lack the equipment necessary to prevent coronavirus infection while treating people suffering from this terrible new disease. Other countries are sending help. But meanwhile the shortage is so bad that citizens have taken it...
| Mar 4, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control released some welcome news recently: Americans are living a tiny bit longer. In 2018, U.S. life expectancy inched up about a month, from 78.6 to 78.7 years. The White House credited “President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and...
