Blue Box (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwCXfetjPrE Director Michal Weits recalls being raised on the story of her great-grandfather Joseph as the father of Israel’s forests, a pioneer who established Jewish settlements under the slogan of…
Marshall Islands pleads with world leaders to stop the 60,000-person nation from drowning
Rising sea levels could sink buildings and flood much of the Marshall Islands, but the country’s climate envoy refuses to accept the scenario experts describe as a looming reality: She…
Psychiatrist Aaron Beck addresses participants of the Extramural Training Program at his Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2008. Therapists from Britain, Brazil, Germany, Jamaica, Canada and 12 states took part. The institute trains more than 200 therapists a year. (Photo by Clem Murray/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT/Sipa USA)
Dr. Aaron Beck, pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy, dies age 100
(CNN)Dr. Aaron Beck, the pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), has died at the age of 100.CBT, which is used to treat depression, psychiatric problems and psychological disorders, is a psychological treatment that…
Classroom of school
NYC sub teacher suspended for COVID origin claims, lamenting Chinese communism: ‘Racist’
Brooklyn sub, who has been teacher for 37 years, suspended A substitute teacher in New York City has been suspended for lamenting to a classroom of mostly Chinese-American fifth graders about the Chinese Communist…
COP26 Leaders Agree to End Deforestation by 2030
More than 100 countries, accounting for 85% of the world’s forests, agree to protect and restore them GLASGOW—World leaders from more than 100 countries, including the U.S., China and Brazil,…
‘Ordinary people suffer most’: China farms face climate woes
JIAOZUO, China (AP) — Wang Yuetang’s sneakers sink into the mud of what was once his thriving corn and peanut farm as he surveys the damage done by an unstable…
Almost one in three of Republicans say violence may be necessary to ‘save’ US
Troubling statistics show the post-election rancor that led to the US Capitol attack on 6 January is still very much in place Almost a third of Republicans believe violence may be necessary…
Britain seeks urgent session of top UN rights body on Sudan
GENEVA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday that it had requested that the U.N. Human Rights Council convene an emergency session on Sudan following last week's military coup.…
What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
Research has found that having children is terrible for quality of life—but the truth about what parenthood means for happiness is a lot more complicated.By Paul Bloom Few choices are more…
Babies Are Dying of Syphilis. It’s 100% Preventable.
The United States’ inability to curb a treatable sexually transmitted disease shows the failures of a cash-strapped public health system. Increasingly, newborns are paying the price. ProPublica is a nonprofit…