Health

November 13, 2018

In "La Morsure," or “The Bite,” Dewilde leans on the idea that the attack on the 2015 Bataclan in Paris was like a snake bite, “to poison me in my mind and in my heart in my body."

Conflict & Justice

Gaza's water crisis is 'a ticking time bomb'

Living on Earth

November 13, 2018

Humanitarian organizations fear the water crisis in Gaza is so acute, it may become uninhabitable by the year 2020.

Health

Two recent EPA decisions threaten children's health, experts say

Living on Earth

November 06, 2018

For years, the coal industry has lobbied to shut down the EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection and weaken emissions regulations for coal-fired power plants. They might have just scored a twofer.

Immigration

‘We were born refugees’ — Lebanon’s forgotten refugee camp

PRI's The World

November 01, 2018

Palestinian Christians have lived as refugees in Lebanon's Dbayeh camp for nearly 70 years under strict labor laws and with limited land rights. With an influx of Syrian refugees to the camp since 2012, living conditions have become dire.

Arts, Culture & Media

It's not just witches. New England has a history with vampires, too.

PRI's The World

October 31, 2018

The Mercy Brown incident was the last known case of The New England Vampire panic. This particular brand of folklore was a variant on a practice born in places like Romania, Hungary and Germany.

Development

Tanzanian president bluntly attacks contraception, saying high birth rates are good for economy

The Conversation

October 25, 2018

Tanzania was one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to embrace family planning. But current president John Magufuli made headlines when he said he does “not see any need for birth control," asserting that population growth is actually an economic boon to the East African nation.

Lifestyle & Belief

These Kenyan widows are fighting against sexual 'cleansing'

GlobalPost

October 23, 2018

In some rural parts of Kenya, widowhood means you’re of little value. Culturally, widows are considered impure, and tradition dictates that they must be cleaned — or “cleansed” — of their partners’ death. The aim is to chase away the demons; the ritual requires women to have sex — either with a relative or stranger.

Justice

The Violence Against Women Act is unlikely to deter domestic violence — here's why

The Conversation

October 23, 2018

VAWA disproportionately funds the criminal legal system but it has not deterred domestic violence. Lawyer Leah Goodmark argues that criminalizing domestic violence actually makes the problem worse and that it's time for alternative forms of justice and support.

Health & Medicine

Sewage surveillance is key in the fight against polio

The Conversation

October 19, 2018

The world is at the brink of eradicating polio. A surprise polio outbreak in Israel in 2013 led researchers to look closely for the poliovirus in sewage to detect virus shed in the feces of non-paralyzed people infected with polio, what epidemiologists call the "silent circulation" of polio.

Food

Olympia Auset is tackling systemic racism, one vegetable at a time

Civil Eats

October 16, 2018

“Food is a tool that can be used either for oppression or liberation,” says Auset. SÜPRMARKT, a pop-up grocery store, offers low-cost organic foods in South Los Angeles, an underserved community where food access is deeply tied to structural racism.

Health

Bataclan survivor’s graphic memoir tells the story of his recovery

Gaza's water crisis is 'a ticking time bomb'

Two recent EPA decisions threaten children's health, experts say

‘We were born refugees’ — Lebanon’s forgotten refugee camp

It's not just witches. New England has a history with vampires, too.

Tanzanian president bluntly attacks contraception, saying high birth rates are good for economy

These Kenyan widows are fighting against sexual 'cleansing'

The Violence Against Women Act is unlikely to deter domestic violence — here's why

Sewage surveillance is key in the fight against polio

Olympia Auset is tackling systemic racism, one vegetable at a time

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