Special Edition: We've compiled a list of resources and organizations that are accepting donations in case you're looking for ways to help Maui after the tragic wildfires.
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As we approach 2023, you might think about final end-of-year gifts to organizations that positively impact our global community. If you are still looking for an organization to support, check out (and share!) these five suggestions.
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In the wake of the unthinkable 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary that killed 20 children (between the ages of six and seven) and 6 adults, Alex Jones spread destructive lies about the massacre, and his platform, Infowars, became a source of rabid misinformation. This week, in response to Jones’ relentless campaign, a jury in Connecticut awarded almost $1 billion USD to 15 plaintiffs in their defamation case against Jones. While this case sets a strong precedent, the damage from Infowars still remains. How can we stop conspiracy theories from becoming wide-spread misinformation?
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With Queen Elizabeth II's passing this week, media coverage has focused on her 70 years of loyal public service and her family's complicated legacy around the world. Royalists and anti-monarchists may disagree politically, but they might both acknowledge that Queen Elizabeth II's devotion to nearly 600 charities deserves recognition. One of her earliest patronages, The Royal College of Nursing, merits discussion this week as global nursing shortages are once again in the news. Typically, this is discussed as a labor problem in high-income countries, but according to global data, this impacts low-wealth countries even more. How did this happen, and what can we do to support the field of nursing?
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A Tennessee school district's decision to ban Maus, Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, made front-page news yesterday. According to National Public Radio (NPR), the American Library Association (ALA) found that "attempts to ban school library books was 67% higher in September 2021 than in September 2020." Which books are the targets and why?
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Franco Mulakkal, a Catholic bishop in India, was acquitted in a historic sexual assault trial last week. He had been accused of numerous assaults of a nun over two years. The New York Times wrote that this case is likely the first of its kind and notes that "the church was slow to react" and only responded after several nuns publicly protested and staged a hunger strike in support of the accuser. This case in India has highlighted a largely invisible issue: sexual violence against nuns.
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