By: Daniel Mantzoor April 6, 2022 On February 14, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked The Emergencies Act, a last-ditch attempt to quash protests of the Canadian government’s controversial COVID-19 policies. Specifically, the action arose in response to the so-called “Freedom Convoy,” a group of Canadian truckers demanding an end to the nation’s vaccine mandate […]
By: Edgar Cruz April 5, 2022 On February 21, 2022, Dr. Paul Farmer suddenly died of an acute cardiac event. Dr. Farmer was a medical anthropologist who co-founded the Partners in Health (“PIH”) organization in 1987. Through PIH, Dr. Farmer and his teams of local accompagnateurs, expanded access to healthcare in poor and rural communities […]
By: Stacey Shenderov April 4, 2022 As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of small businesses in the United States have shut down. Additionally, current small business owners report mental and physical health struggles, and furthermore “nearly a quarter [report] almost constant mental exhaustion.” However, some well-connected corporations have thrived during the […]
By: Alessandra Perez February 21, 2022 The UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a key agency making extraordinary contributions to their communities and the world at large. In addition to providing more than half a million children with high quality education, UNRWA has also invested in human […]
