——— History of Things ——— Any decent murder mystery should begin with a dead body in the woods. That’s how this one starts. In 1994, park scouts…
Posts tagged as “poverty”
At the turn of the 17th century, under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England passed a sweeping slate of reforms aimed at alleviating poverty.…
Only three years ago, mass shootings seemed to make national headlines nearly once a month. Gun control was at the center of the American political…
Transgender sex workers disproportionately vulnerable to COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
Transgender sex workers disproportionately vulnerable to COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic is already a significant issue in the Dominican Republic. The country reached 100,000 cases by September 2020, and over 250,000 by March…
Notoriously overcrowded and underfunded, New Mexican animal shelters struggle every day to keep up with the number of strays and surrendered pets that come through…
Over the past few years, the economic and political situation in Venezuela has gone from serious to cataclysmic. Under the lead of President Nicolás Maduro,…
2018 summer fire season is on record as being one of California’s most demanding and devastating. In the 9 month fire season from January to…
How properly implemented charter schools could aid students in historically poor areas Charter schools do not represent a desire to force capitalism further into the…
A couple weeks ago, Lissa Lucas, a Democratic political candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates, was physically dragged off the House Chambers floor…
As an eye-catching, sloganeering, vote-winning policy, tuition-free public university is certainly a crowd pleaser. It was for Bernie Sanders, and his left-wing doppelganger in Britain,…
Over the past decade, voluntourism has become a dirty word in the world of development. You may have encountered it in updated Facebook profile pictures.…
Haiti is home to 10 million people and the first modern revolution predicated on freedom, equality and justice of all. But among all the nations…
There is a popular argument that progress and growth are not possible without reliance on fossil fuel-powered energy. Examples abide to support this claim: almost…
In the latest season of House of Cards, Frank Underwood proudly proclaims “America Works works.” And it does. However, the America Works that exists in reality…
There has been much discussion about immigrants in the United States from everywhere around the world. Yet, why is it that California seems to attract…
“So…why’d you pick Berkeley?” my new friend asks, looking at me over the rims of his glasses. It’s a frequently asked question during Welcome Week,…