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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).
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).
It’s good Biden is suspending vaccine patents. But the whole rotten system needs overhaul
“To prepare for a long century of recurring health emergencies – the temporary Trips suspension must give way to a total transformation of the pharmaceutical patent system. Pausing the gears of the killing machine is not enough. Our obligation is to dismantle it” (Adler and Anyona, 2021).
Next Steps for a People’s Vaccine
“The Biden administration’s decision to stop opposing a proposed COVID-19 waiver of certain intellectual-property rights under World Trade Organization rules is a welcome move. But ending the pandemic also requires scaling up knowledge and technology transfer, as well as public production of vaccine supplies” (Ghosh 2021).
Why Did It Take So Long to Accept the Facts About Covid?
“If the importance of aerosol transmission had been accepted early, we would have been told from the beginning that it was much safer outdoors...our mitigations would have been much more effective, sparing us a great deal of suffering and anxiety” (Zeynep Tufecki, 2021).
How to spot the difference between a real climate policy and greenwashing guff
“Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions in the here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order” (Damian Carrington, 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 Green Art of the Possible
“Europe’s experience suggests that decarbonizing the power sector first, while sheltering industry from higher costs, can generate some modest progress in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. But achieving the more ambitious targets ahead will require tougher choices” (Daniel Gros, 2021).
The Afghanistan War Will End as It Began: In Blood
The author’s meeting with a friend includes with the idea that “‘America might be done with Afghanistan, but Afghanistan isn’t done with America.’ In his view, my lunch at the ambassador’s residence wouldn’t mark the end of the war at all. Not for me. Not for anyone.” (Elliot Ackerman, 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).
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