Raising Children in America Means Living in Fear That They’ll Be Shot
When my daughter was a newborn, I read an essay about a toddler who died after a loose brick fell from a building onto her head. Devastatingly random, impossible to parse for…
‘Everything is gone’: entire Indian villages burned in ethnic violence
About 1,700 houses in Manipur have been destroyed in clashes between Meiteis, who are mostly Hindus, and mainly Christian Kuki tribe The road to Heirokland is smooth and freshly laid,…
The pink river dolphins of the Amazon have a warning for humans
PUERTO CARREÑO, Colombia — The scientists had traveled down the muddy Orinoco River for hours, their single-engine boat hemmed in by rocks the size of small mountains, when the lead…
Opinion | Sweden Abandoned Raoul Wallenberg, Hero of the Holocaust. I and My Country Apologize
In first public written apology, Sweden’s Ambassador to Israel admits that he 'cannot be proud of Swedish history' in relation to its diplomat, from failing to investigate his fate, not…
The Fresh Sprouts That Have Overcome Disaster; The Radiated Ginkgo Tree That Continues To Bravely Live On
At the Myojoin Temple, located in the Higashi Ward of Hiroshima, there is a radiated ginkgo tree, estimated to be over 150 years old, that continues to live on, ever…
Deaths from Congo floods approach 400 as search continues
GOMA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official. The administrator of…
How Mexico City’s mural movement transformed walls into art
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Across the main entrance of a former Jesuit college in the heart of Mexico City, a bright-colored mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe represents both the Indigenous…
WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first…
California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. …
Listen both ways: Blind walkers winning safer road crossings
CHICAGO (AP) — After a retinal disease left him legally blind, architect John Gleichman was struck by a taxicab while walking home near Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo — at the…