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
07/12/2021
Opinion: Is Haiti Governable Right Now?
Foreign money has overwhelmed any domestic incentives to play by the rules.
07/12/2021
Taiwan tech giants Foxconn and TSMC to buy 10m Covid jabs
Taiwanese firms Foxconn, which makes devices for Apple, and chip giant TSMC brokered the agreements for the BioNTech vaccine, worth $350m (£252m). Taiwan has been trying for months to buy the vaccine from Germany's BioNTech and blames China for blocking a deal.
07/11/2021
High Court: Ban on surrogacy for same-sex couples, single men to end in 6 months
After government said it was ‘unfeasible’ to change the law and asked justices to intervene, top court delivers landmark ruling that ends 11-year legal battle.
07/13/2021
Australian scientists develop pain-free blood sugar test for diabetics
Australian scientists say they have developed the “holy grail” of blood sugar testing for diabetics, a non-invasive strip that checks glucose levels via saliva.
04/17/2021
Homelessness Is A Healthcare Issue. Why Don’t We Treat It As One?
How you define a problem determines how you solve a problem. Take homelessness, for example. If you see it fundamentally as a housing problem, then your solution will be to build more housing.
07/09/2021
Counterweight Connects with Steven Pinker
07/09/2021
Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID vaccine still rouses a big immune response
Results hint that dose stretching could help to address the world’s acute vaccine shortage.
07/09/2021
China’s Didi Crackdown Isn’t All That Different From U.S. Moves Against Big Tech
It was supposed to be one of the hottest IPOs of the year, the listing of the most dominant ride-hailing service in China, Didi Global. More dominant than Uber, Didi commands almost 90% of the Chinese market, and with its attendant services like bicycle rentals and a growing business in autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence. And then it all went terribly wrong.
07/01/2021
For women workers in India, direct deposit is ‘digital empowerment’
Giving women in India’s Madhya Pradesh state greater digital control over their wages encouraged them to enter the labor force and liberalized their beliefs about working women, concluded a new study co-authored by Yale economists Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore.
07/08/2021
The Rise of The Kingsbury Journal, and The Future of Local Journalism
All stories about local-journalism struggles are alike. Each story of local-journalism renewal involves discoveries and innovations of its own.
07/06/2021
Can the Promise of America Be Renewed?
The American Promise—that all men and women are inherently equal—is not being fulfilled because racism continues to corrode our society.
07/08/2021