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The challenge will be harder going forward

When I deliver lectures on pandemic ethics over Zoom — part of my job as a bioethicist — one of the questions I am asked with increasing frequency is whether I believe there will be any silver linings to COVID-19. I usually respond with dark humour,

5 hours ago

Pakistan in a quandary over excess electricity

After suffering decades of electricity shortages that left families and businesses in the dark, Pakistan finds itself with a new problem: more electrical generating capacity than it needs. Large-scale construction of new power plants — largely coal-fired

5 hours ago

Left out of #MeToo, survivors of colour float new drive

It’s been more than three years since the #MeToo movement launched a culture-shifting conversation about sexual violence. But Tarana Burke, the activist who gave the movement its name, says concrete change has been incremental at best — and

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Salgado’s candidacy, a thorn in the flesh for Obrador

As it became clear last fall that Mexican Sen. Felix Salgado Macedonio would be running for governor of Guerrero state, Basilia Castaneda decided to go public with her accusation of rape. She told police that back in 1998, when she was

25 Feb 2021

Of Maxwell and limitations of ‘rich people justice’

Ghislaine Maxwell really, really wants to get out of jail. Since her arrest in July 2020, the British (and French, and American) socialite has attempted three times to get released on bail. The most recent instance came on Tuesday, when Maxwell

25 Feb 2021

How Trump paved the way for Biden’s success

By President Joe Biden’s own admission, defeating Donald Trump was the main motivating force of his campaign. As his administration clarifies its economic agenda, however, it’s becoming clear that Biden’s true legacy lies not in rolling back

25 Feb 2021

Little tidbits we could all do without

There are a lot of things going on in the news about which, I think, no one gives two hoots. Open any paper and the images of the British Royal Family are plastered all over the place. If it isn’t Prince Phillip being admitted into hospital, it’s the Prince

25 Feb 2021

Texas freeze is a clear call for a Green New Deal

In Galveston, Texas, folks are all too used to natural disasters — but warm and wet ones from the Gulf of Mexico, like the notorious hurricane of 1900 that killed thousands. Nothing could have prepared the beachfront city for the icy dagger

24 Feb 2021

The GOP playbook still bears the hallmarks of Trumpism

The most defining — and rejuvenating — characteristic of the new commander-in-chief is his extraordinary empathy. That’s because the 46th president really does feel your and our collective pain as a country — no gimmicks or shrills attached.

24 Feb 2021