Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
11/10/2021
Biden administration announces deal to provide J&J Covid-19 vaccine to people in conflict zones and humanitarian settings
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new deal it brokered with Johnson & Johnson and the global vaccination program called Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access, or COVAX, to provide J&J's Covid-19 vaccine to people in conflict zones and other humanitarian settings where government vaccine campaigns cannot reach.
11/11/2021
The man turning cities into giant sponges to embrace floods
Yu Kongjian can remember the day he nearly died in the river. Swollen with rain, the White Sand Creek had flooded the rice terraces in Yu's farming commune in China. Yu, just 10 then, ran excitedly to the river's edge.
11/11/2021
Opinion: If We Can Report on the Problem, We Can Report on the Solution
After 11 years and roughly 600 columns, this is our last. The goal of Fixes was to highlight efforts to solve problems and the insights those efforts held for society. So, for our last column, we’re interviewing each other about some of the things we learned along the way.
11/11/2021
Drones Ferry Pfizer’s Precious, Deep-Frozen Vaccine to Africa’s Remote Villages
Over the dense forests and cocoa farms of Ghana’s Ashanti region, a fleet of drones hummed en route to the African country’s central Bosomtwe District. Upon reaching their destination Sunday, the red-and-white aircraft parachuted thermal packages containing cargo that’s long been awaited by the local Kokodei community: vials of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine.
11/05/2021
Overcoming the Obstacles to Clean Electricity
Wind and solar are important to our clean energy mix, but without baseload reliability, coal won’t go away.
11/06/2021
Watch first footage of Asia’s long-lost bird, the black-browed babbler
The enigmatic black-browed babbler has been studied in the wild for the first time following its reappearance after a 172-year absence.
11/09/2021
“Critical Race Theory” and actual education policy, part two
In yesterday’s post I wrote about two recent trends in progressive education policy that have (rightly, I think) annoyed a lot of people: prolonged school closures and the view that standardized tests that show Black and Latino students doing worse than white and Asian ones reflect a failing of the tests rather than the school system.
11/08/2021
More Than 40 Nations Pledge to Cut Emissions From Their Health Industries
The plans, while short on specifics, represent a notable step toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions from hospitals and the health care industry, a sizable emitter globally.
11/09/2021
New Zealand’s Sea Lions Are Back, and Crashing Golf Courses and Soccer Matches
After their populations were decimated by hunters, New Zealand’s sea lions are returning to the coasts — sometimes surprising locals by turning up in unexpected places.
11/09/2021
The Serendipity of ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’
The anti-Biden meme is meaner than your grandfather’s shoot or heck. It also offers a fascinating view of how language changes.
11/09/2021
Exclusive: New bipartisan bill takes aim at algorithms
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a bill that would require online platforms to let users opt out of having personal data-driven algorithms select the content they see, according to a copy of the text shared exclusively with Axios.
11/09/2021