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Popular YouTube channel documents what it is like to be black in Japan · Global Voices
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
Nigerians counteract COVID-19 denialism with social media campaigns · Global Voices
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
Coronavirus vaccine: lessons from the 19th-century smallpox anti-vaxxer movement
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
Appeal court says the answer to Guyana’s election results lies in the recount · Global Voices
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
Four reasons the UK government’s obesity strategy may not work for everyone
One of the government's strategies is to promote increased physical activity. Kletr/ Shutterstock COVID-19 has affected a disproportionate number of people with obesity in the UK. As such, the government has seen the pandemic as a “wake-up call” to the health risks of living with obesity. They have recently announcedContinue Reading
John Tyndall: the forgotten co-discoverer of climate science
John Tyndall. wellcome/wikipedia, CC BY-SA It is surprising that the Irish scientist John Tyndall, born 200 years ago on August 2 1820, is not better known. This is despite the existence of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, the Tyndall National Institute and the Pic Tyndall summit on theContinue Reading
Hong Kong government disqualifies 12 pro-democracy candidates running for the local legislature · Global Voices
Chris Patten: It is an outrageous political purge The 12 pro-democracy candidates barred from running in the LegCo election. Image from the Stand News, used with permission Twelve pro-democracy candidates running for the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) election were disqualified on July 30 by returning officers who are responsible forContinue Reading
Face mask rules: do they really violate personal liberty?
Several hundred people assembled in London’s Hyde Park in July 2020 to protest rules making face masks mandatory in shops and supermarkets to help control the spread of COVID-19. This was not an isolated event. Similar protests have occurred in many places around the world in reaction to the prospectContinue Reading
Musicians with albinism defy social stigma and break new ground in Cameroon’s creative sector · Global Voices
‘I want to represent albinos and send across positive messages’ Mola Mongombe (right) expresses concern for the treatment of people with albinism in Cameroon and also discusses his work as a cultural music promoter, in Buea, Cameroon, July 16, 2020, photo by the author, used with permission. Musicians with albinismContinue Reading
Trinidad & Tobago NGO identifies treatment of women as key issue in upcoming elections · Global Voices
“Sexism is […] one of the most dangerous [biases]” “The finger that voted”; photo by Georgia Popplewell on Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Trinidad and Tobago’s general elections will take place on August 10, and as much as electioneering in the time of COVID-19 has had some voters calling for campaign ingenuity, theContinue Reading