It certainly will not go down as the fastest 800-meter race of her career, but Alysia Montaño will certainly remember her run at this year’s U.S. Track and Field Championships for a long time. The 31-year-old ran the race while five months pregnant with her second child. This isn’t the first time Montaño arrived at…
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ESPN Enlists A Female NFL Announcer For The First Time In The Network’s History
In the NFL’s upcoming regular season premiere, Beth Mowins will serve as ESPN’s first female play-by-play broadcaster in the network’s history of airing NFL games. She will be just the second woman ever to get the call for an NFL broadcast, with the first being Gayle Sierens, who pulled booth duty nearly thirty years ago…
Turkey’s largest environmental legal case
Attacks against protesters with police tear gas,Artvin Cerattepe and Genya mine, February 2016.EJAtlas. All rights reserved.Environmental rights are now widely recognized by many constitutions throughout the world. The 1982 constitution of Turkey also recognizes a right to health and a balanced environment (article 56). Nevertheless, the application of this right on the ground has not…
Don’t Let Trump Fool You—The Paris Agreement Endures
Today, the United States is still a party to the Paris Agreement. Tomorrow, the United States will still be a party to the Paris Agreement. Next week, next month, next year, the United States will still be a party to the Paris Agreement, regardless of President Trump’s announcement at the White House on Thursday. Sure,…
Interview with Adrian Zandberg, Partia Razem
Adrian Zandberg at the solidarity demonstration with protesting nurses in Warsaw. Razem photos. Michał Radwański. All rights reserved.Alex Sakalis (AS): Could you start off by telling us a bit about Razem, what distinguishes it from the other political parties in Poland and how it came about? Adrian Zandberg (AZ): Razem is an attempt to construct…
Men Get Raises For Being Dads While Women Suffer Wage Penalties For Being Mothers
We’re told gender equality in the workplace is the best it’s ever been. Forty years ago, only half of all women in the United States worked, compared to 80 percent of men, and those that did earned just 55 cents to a man’s dollar. These days, women make up half of the nation’s workforce, and…
Drones, Baby, Drones
Theatre can be an extension of journalism, a wonderful platform to explain, warn, make a case, with the added stimulus of live performances and live audiences. These two short, powerful, and important, plays are built around fictional episodes but to drive the point home that they are embedded in fact. Both are introduced by verbatim…
These Are The Kids The Fed’s Education Budget Will Hurt Most
Dubbed “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” the federal budget proposal for 2018 seeks to achieve faster economic growth and debt reduction. But only $59 billion of that budget has been slated for education—a $9.2 billion cut (13.5 percent) compared to last year. The education budget eliminates or reduces more than 30 programs. The education plan…
The role of the EU in the Syrian conflict
At the June Summit, which will take place after the UK Referendum, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, will present the results of her global review of external strategy. As part of the review process, the Human Security Study Group, at the LSE, which is convened by…
Former Obama Photographer Blasts Trump Over Comey's Firing With One Simple Photo
Pete Souza, former President Barack Obama’s staff photographer, is well-known for his low-key trolling of President Donald Trump. In March, GOOD first reported on Souza’s totally transparent jabs at the new commander in chief and his administration via his wildly popular Instagram account. Souza’s thinly veiled Insta-jokes included a doctored photo he posted to his…