Literally too terrified of being kidnapped to sleep in their beds, they walk through the night for safety. One militia in the foresaken country is known as the Lord’s Resistance Army. It has kidnapped thousands of children. Here’s how one teenage former soldier in the army described their preparation for battle: "When you go to … Continue reading The Children of Uganda
This award, named after blogger Michelle Malkin, is for shrill, hyperbolic, divisive and intemperate right-wing rhetoric (Ann Coulter is ineligible – to give others a chance). Below are the finalists we’ve selected for the 2014 Malkin Award, please review them and then vote for your pick at the bottom of the page. 1) Fredric … Continue reading Malkin Award Nominees – 2014
Joseph Burgo shares his experiences using telemedicine in his therapy practice: No doubt it would be better if my clients and I were able to meet in my office week after week, me inviting them in from my waiting room at the beginning of each session and ushering them out through the exit door at the end. … Continue reading A Long Distance Relationship … With Your Therapist
Charles Kenny highlights the harm they do: In countries including Uganda, South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, Nigeria and Indonesia, more people pay a bribe to a policeman every year than to any other government service provider including health professionals, teachers, utility workers, the judiciary or tax and land records officers. Police are the most common or second … Continue reading Dirty Cops Around The World
Good news: the WHO has just declared Nigeria Ebola-free. Second country after Senegal.http://t.co/MmoJOI8ydP pic.twitter.com/Us2k2Cz7vv — Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) October 20, 2014 Yesterday and today brought a few bits of good news: According to the BBC, the Spanish nurse who was the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa has tested negative for the virus (a second … Continue reading Getting Ebola Under Control
Abby Phillip covers how health officials are “tracing” those who’ve been in contact with America’s first Ebola patient, who has been identified as Thomas Eric Duncan: “We are working from a list of about 100 potential or possible contacts and will soon have an official contact tracing number that will be lower,” Texas Department of State Health Services … Continue reading Ebola Makes It To America, Ctd
An epic takedown of Trump and, more importantly, the Miss America scholarship sham: John Oliver and his team are really kicking ass with this new show. Previous Dish on Last Week Tonight segments here, here and here. He’s proof that ad-free long-form journalism can work, and be highly engaging and entertaining, if supported long and steadily enough.
by Dish Staff Oscar Abello suggests fair-trade coffee might actually be bad for workers: Fair-Trade certified coffee has become known as an easy way for coffee drinkers to make the world a better place for coffee growers, many of whom are among the world’s poorest people. But a study released in April 2014 seriously questions how much fair-trade certification really … Continue reading Unfair Trade
Below is another clip from my conversation with Rich (first sample here). In it, we tackle condoms – why men don’t like them, and why the opportunity to live without fear of HIV and, in some cases, without rubbers is one worth grasping: A reader writes: I really enjoyed listening to your insightful conversation with Juzwiak. Most of my … Continue reading Andrew Asks Anything: Rich Juzwiak, Ctd
Half of people in Ebola-affected areas struggle to access clinics: http://t.co/W0Iho4u2oJ (data via @afrobarometer) pic.twitter.com/tGitTISWtV — Gwynn Guilford (@sinoceros) August 1, 2014 Michael Specter puts the latest outbreak in perspective: Ebola is truly deadly, but the many lurid headlines predicting a global pandemic miss a central point. In its epidemic reach, Ebola is often compared with H.I.V. … Continue reading The Danger Of Ebola
