Artwork from Pamela Chavez, from her short animated film Caracol Cruzando, used with permission. This piece was initially published on Central American News. At 12 years old, my best friend, whose dad worked at the American Embassy, moved back from El Salvador to Washington D.C. We caught up sporadically as teens andContinue Reading
Among the raft of changes following the UK’s coronavirus lockdown in March 2020 was the closure of pubs – an integral part of British cultural life. While the 1990s heyday of pubs is long gone, they remain unique spaces where people can meet in a familiar environment and feel connectedContinue Reading
Sperm actually move like a spinning top. Yurchanka Siarhei/ Shutterstock Sperm is critical for the fertilisation of almost every living organism on our planet, including humans. To reproduce, human sperm have to swim a distance equivalent to climbing Mount Everest to find the egg. They complete this epic journey simplyContinue Reading
A beach in Ljubanishte, Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia on July 24, 2020. Photo by Filip Stojanovski, CC BY. North Macedonia has opened its borders to tourists from the European Union (EU) and other European countries, but measures related to COVID-19 prevention are discouraging visitors from choosing the country as aContinue Reading
Liberians recount the June 7 protest that led to a shutdown Protester poses for a photo under the banner “Save the State,” photo by Mark N. Mengonfia, June 7, 2019, Monrovia, Liberia, used with permission. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to addressContinue Reading
Fukuoka residents Ruth (L) and Grace (R). Screencap from “There’s Life Beyond the White Supremacy Narrative” on Black in Japan official YouTube channel. Popular YouTube channel and website The Black Experience Japan features interviews with dozens of black residents of Japan. Launched in 2017 by Laranzo “Ranzo” Dacres, a Jamaican living inContinue Reading
COVID-19 denial stems from a yawning distrust in the government Ogun State COVID-19 Isolation Centre. Image by Dr. Opeyemi Adeyemi, used with permission. Nigerians are reducing the effect of COVID-19 denial narratives with powerful online Twitter campaigns such as #MyCOVID19NaijaStory and #COVIDStopswithMe. These counter-narratives aim to prove that the deadly coronavirus isContinue Reading
English physician and scientist, who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, Edward Jenner sees off the anti-vaccinators. Wikimedia/Wellcome Collection There is hope a coronavirus vaccine might be ready by the end of the year. But for it to eliminate COVID-19 a critical mass of people must be vaccinated. And ifContinue Reading
President Granger has said he will accept GECOM’s declaration The three Guyana Appeals Court judges hand down their ruling in the in Misenga Jones elections case, on July 30, 2020. Screenshot taken from the Stabroek News livestream of the judgement. On July 30, Guyana’s Court of Appeal handed down itsContinue Reading
