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For months, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has insisted the coronavirus is not a serious threat. Beyond instituting a national lockdown in mid-March, his government has left 209 million Brazilians largely …
Activist farmers in Brazil feed the hungry and aid the sick during pandemic Read More
From the publisher: Privatising Justice takes a broad historical view of the role of the private sector in the British state, from private policing and mercenaries in the eighteenth century to …
Privatising Justice: The Security Industry, War and Crime Control Read MoreMuch has been published about the severity of the situation regarding Covid-19 transmission in different refugee camps such as Cox Bazaar and Lambasia in Bangladesh, Zaa’tari and Azraq in Jordan, Baddawi in Lebanon, Moria in Greece, and Matamoros in Mexico. All …
Urban refugees in Turkey uniquely threatened by coronavirus and economic recession Read MoreEmployers claim to have enforced social distancing norms. Workers point to large gatherings at several points in the production process. While industries across the country remained shut because of the …
Hunger drives India’s tea garden employees back to work despite Covid-19 fears Read MoreTen African countries have been downgraded since the COVID-19 pandemic started – Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, South Africa, Mauritius and Zambia. These …
Rating agencies downgrading emerging market economies during the COVID-19 pandemic Read MoreSmall farms are seeing an avalanche of sudden growth, and trying to ramp up to meet it. The CSA (community-supported agriculture) model—where an upfront membership fee gets you a weekly …
Community-supported agriculture is thriving during the pandemic Read More
From the publisher: A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time. This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics’ quest …
What’s Wrong with Economics? Read MoreOver a month into the lockdown and the usually bustling streets of Kalamata, a Greek city southwest of Athens traditionally known for its olives, are largely empty. As in the …
Coronavirus plastic waste polluting the environment Read MoreEarlier this month, the New York City health department released a map showing confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code. The highest case counts were concentrated in lower-income neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. …
‘A threat multiplier’: The hidden factors contributing to New York City’s coronavirus disparities Read MorePoliticians and business people are fond of making promises to plant thousands of trees to slow climate change. But who actually plants those trees, and who tends them as they …
The green gig economy: precarious workers are on the frontline of climate change fight Read More