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The Politics Behind India’s COVID Crisis
“The coronavirus thrives off of complacent leaders, such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi—and has exacerbated the contours of global inequality” (Steve Coll, 2021).
Investing in coal power would be an expensive mistake
“The UK has enormous capacity to increase its energy supply from offshore wind. Australia too has vast potential for wind and solar power” (Zimmerman and Dunne, 2021).
Inside The Decision on Trump's Facebook Fate
“With some prodding from Kara Swisher, Rusbridger reveals how the Trump decision went down, what side of the debate he fell on and whether taking this assignment has been worth it” (“Sway” Podcast, 2021).
Facebook is pretending it cares how its platform affects the world
“The reality is that Trump used Facebook most effectively as an organizing and fundraising tool, not as a platform for ‘posting’” (Siva Vaidhyanathan, 2021).
The Lurid Orientalism of Western Media
“By trafficking in images of death, suffering, and private acts of mourning, Western media coverage of the COVID-19 crisis in India has broken one of the first rules of journalism. And while a Western double standard is nothing new, applying it repeatedly does not make it more acceptable” (Brahma Chellaney, 2021).
Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy
“America’s democracy is still in real danger" and is v"closer to a political civil war — more than at any other time in our modern history. Today’s seeming political calm is actually resting on a false bottom that we’re at risk of crashing through at any moment” (Friedman 2021).
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
“For the United States to truly play its part in global climate efforts, the U.S. NDC will have to reflect ambitions to do its fair share and strongly commit to human rights and gender equality. In turn, it could serve as a key entry point for a wholesale embrace of a feminist U.S. foreign policy” (Burns and Dolan, 2021).
The Climate-Education Crisis
“World leaders must acknowledge the deepening links between the climate crisis and education. Over the next 30 years, more than 140 million people are expected to be displaced by climate change across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America, at a cost of some $7.9 trillion” (Yasmine Sherif, 2021).
A Different Way of Thinking About Cancel Culture
“Cancellations — defined here as actually losing your job or your livelihood — occur when an employee’s speech infraction generates public attention that threatens an employer’s profits, influence or reputation. This isn’t an issue of “wokeness,”...it’s driven by economics” (Ezra Klein, 2021).
Build Back the State
“In promising to "build back better" from the pandemic, US President Joe Biden has certainly struck the right note. But to succeed, he will need to forge a new social contract, drawing on the lessons of a previous era when the US state led a program that is still paying economic dividends” (Mazzucato 2021).
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