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The Covid-19 pandemic represents a profound challenge for all of mankind. A year after the first outbreak was discovered, deaths directly caused by the virus surpassed 2.5 million, and that number was almost surely an undercount. The discovery of several effective vaccines gave the world hope, but also led to conflict about who should get […]
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In the last days of February, prisons in the region demonstrated the nature of the crisis in which they are submerged. In Ecuador, on the 23rd, a series of riots ended in at least 79 deaths. A few days before, in Paraguay, prisoners had taken control of the Tacumbu prison, the largest in the country, […]
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When British author Charles Dickens visited the United States in 1842, there were two destinations he had his heart set on visiting: Niagara Falls and Eastern State Penitentiary. Opened in 1829, Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary was one of the most famous prisons of the early and mid-nineteenth century. But Dickens was not pleased with his […]
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I’m not a regular tweeter, but on Sunday evening (10-05-20) was driven to reach for my phone as Boris Johnson signed off from his ‘keep alert’ broadcast, next-steps-in-the-pandemic, rallying call (@proftinamiller). This was because in a 14+ minute speech there was no mention of family, even as families sat in expectation, hope and lockdown, to […]
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In a thought-provoking piece in Politico Magazine , Professor Justin Gest proposes a “Moneyball Fix” for America’s immigration system. Taking a page out of sports analytics, he suggests that the federal government analyze immigration data it could consolidate or collect to determine which pre-admission characteristics predict prospective immigrants’ “success as Americans.” Success would be defined […]
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In late 2019, Hong Kong erupted with unrest sparked by a deeply unpopular bill to allow the extradition of its citizens to mainland China. Since protests began in March, thousands of people have been arrested and hospitalised, the police department faces widespread accusations of brutality, and government approval ratings have fallen to their lowest since […]
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When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the recent Climate Action Summit in New York urged countries to “show the way towards a full transformation of economies in line with sustainable development goals”, this reflected the growing international science and policy attention to the need for fundamental, systemic, non-linear societal transformations to achieve sustainability, in response […]
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The passion to serve! Endowing and praising indigenous youth with the quality of service, with a predisposition to hospitality and care – is it truly appreciation of a culture, its people and a way of life? In global India, marketing soft skills has become synonymous with training indigenous migrants to work in the hospitality industry. The […]
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