While France’s obesity rate (15.3%) may be lower than the European average (15.9%) and less than half of what it is in the United States (36.5%), they’re continuing to aggressively fight what the government sees as an escalating epidemic in the country. On Friday, the government issued a ban on free refills of sodas or…
Parliamentary politics as the hot potato of post-election Turkey: progress or paralysis?
Grand national assembly of Turkey main chamber. Wikicommons/VOA. some rights reserved.In politics, a Hot Potato is a topic so contentious that it causes damage to a candidate whether he shows himself to be for it or not. For a campaign to be successful, so argue strategists, such issues are best to be avoided altogether, or,…
Want To Be In Donald Trump's Cabinet? Just Give Him A Lot Of Money
Click:electric trike for adults Click:Sandbox: Powder Alchemy MOD APK With the nomination of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, President-elect Donald Trump’s gilded cabinet has gotten even wealthier. The oil executive—whose cozy relationship with the Kremlin has worried some—will fit right in alongside Trump’s other plutocrats, World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon, philanthropist Betsy DeVos, and Tod Ricketts,…
Islamic State: beyond Tikrit
The military campaign against Islamic State in Iraq continues. Amid competing claims made by the various parties to the conflict (Iraq, Iran, the United States and its coalition partners) it is difficult to assess the current status of IS in the country. US defence sources have been notably cautious. It is certainly the case that…
Construction Of The Dakota Access Pipeline Will Be Re-Routed
After months of tireless efforts, the protestors at the Standing Rock reservation are claiming victory. On Sunday, Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Army’s assistant secretary for civil works, announced the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, CNN reports. Her statement read in…
Iraq's vanishing heritage: risks and solutions
Steps to the Ziggurat of Ur. Everett Historical/Shutterstock. All rights reserved. A conference held in April by the Association of Iraqi Academics, Iraqi Association, Iraqi Women League, and the British Institute for the Study of Iraq discussed challenges and solutions involved in the task of rescuing Iraq's endangered cultural and archaeological sites. As cultural property…
GOODFest: Introducing our livestream music festival, for good
It’s been a tumultuous time as we near the end of the year. With people around the country feeling uncertain and divided, we here at GOOD feel it’s time to come together for something good. Introducing GOODFest, a first-of-its-kind livestream festival for good. These days, it might seem a bit overwhelming when trying to find…
Childhood trauma & addiction: the 4600% risk factor
One of my earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of my relatives, and not being able to. As I got older, I understood why. We had addiction in my family. And as I watched some of my other close relatives become addicts, I asked myself several questions, but one in particular seemed…
Explore China’s Future In 5 Subway Stops
Part 11 of 19 See all › Issue 38: 10th Anniversary Issue Next: Wash, Rinse, Redeem: A Look Inside A Beauty School—In A Men’s Prison Shenzhen rose out of farmland and fishing enclaves in 1979, the first of China’s self-designated “special economic zones” designed to catapult an isolated nation into the 20th century. A proving…
First we take Amsterdam, then we take The Hague
The New University in Amsterdam.Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin Leonard Cohen,…