Get ready for the big one on November 14. No, not an earthquake (though you never know), but rather, the largest supermoon in nearly 70 years. The Earth’s moon is expected to make its closest pass to Earth since 1948, according to NASA. It may be worth staying up late for, as it won’t come this close again…
Suppressed at home, neglected abroad, Ethiopian migrants
Ethiopians in Italy protest killing of migrants in Saudi Arabia.Demotix/Stefano Montesi. All rights reserved.The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens from harm, at home and abroad – no matter who they are, or where they are. This is the primary moral and constitutional responsibility of the EPRDF government of Ethiopia, which,…
Big Businesses Are Finally Cracking The Food Desert Crisis
Food accessibility is one of America’s most pressing issues. An estimated 5.8 million households, according to a 2009 United Stated Department of Agriculture study cited by The New York Times, and up to 29 million people, live more than a half mile from a supermarket and don’t have access to a vehicle. The lack of food…
It is 20 years since a great anti-death penalty judgement
Ismail Mahomed, Advocate, first Black judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa. South African History Online. Some rights reserved Eight months after a post-Apartheid, multi-racial government elected through universal suffrage, led by Nelson Mandela, took office in May 1994, the Constitutional Court of South Africa was formally inaugurated on 14 February 1995. The very…
Worthy Cause Countdown: This Louisiana Track Team Needs $399 For New Hurdles [UPDATED]
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS: THIS GOAL HAS BEEN MET! BUT YOU CAN GIVE TO ANOTHER WORTHY CAUSE HERE. From December 14 through December 25, GOOD Sports will feature the worthiest school athletic programs in need of funding. Franklinton High School in eastern Louisiana has a girls track team, but no track. In lieu of a quarter-mile asphalt oval, the team…
After Garissa, Kenya needs to break the cycle
United in grief: a survivor of the attack (centre) rejoins her family at the Nyayo national stadium in Nairobi. Demotix / Reporter#34145. All rights reserved. If anyone doubted it before, the abominable attack on Kenya’s Garissa University College on 2 April confirms the depth of Kenya’s security crisis. At least 147 students, faculty members and…
France Just Banned Free Soda Refills From All Restaurants
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…