The Super Blue Blood Moon Was Super Awesome
During the early hours of Jan. 31, there will be a full moon, a total lunar eclipse, a blue moon, and a supermoon — all at the same time. None…
Trump’s wars: more to come
A formation of US Carrier Strike Group Five and Expeditionary Strike Group Seven ships in the Philippine Sea. Sipa USA/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.A series of accelerating and interlocking…
The Co-Op That’s Changing The Employment Game For Ex-Cons
THE GOOD NEWS: A co-op in Washington, D.C., is reducing recidivism rates and unemployment among incarcerated people. It’s practically common knowledge that the U.S. imprisons an inordinately high percentage…
Women as wartime rapists: a new book explores 'the impossible'
A Yazidi woman at a displaced persons camp in Iraq. Photo: Carol Guzy/PA Images. All rights reserved.Sexual violence in conflict – and the attention it receives – is not new.…
This Hotel Door Being Opened With A Piece Of Paper Is A Powerful Reminder To Use The Bolt Lock
While some hotels may offer much in the way of general security — a doorperson, keycard access for elevators, guards — a recent video shows that hotel guest room doors…
Not “one of us”: the French presidential elections
Emmanuel Macron and the En Marche! movement in Nantes, western France, on April 19, 2017.Vincent Feuray/Press Association. All rights reserved.The day after the stunning results of France’s presidential election first…
NFL’s Fastest Rookie Wide Receiver John Ross On Overcoming Injuries, Adversity
NFL rookie wide receiver John Ross knows something about staying ahead of his competition. He ran the fastest 40-yard dash ever at the in NFL Scouting Combine, in a blazing-fast…
Live and let die? The end of the EU migrant relocation programme
Activists hold banners protesting the refugee-migration crisis in front of the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece, on Sept. 5, 2017. Marios Lolos/ Press Association. All rights…
In Spain, More Healthy Babies Are Being Born For One Surprising Reason
THE GOOD NEWS: Hospitals in Spain are seeing fewer underweight and premature babies after a nationwide ban on smoking. Fewer premature and underweight infants are being born in Spain…
Families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government
Click:媒体发稿 An aerial view shows a small portion of Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center collapsed following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Picture by Eric J. Tilford/Zuma Press/PA Images.…
Pakistan’s Simple Climate Fix Has The Whole World Watching
THE GOOD NEWS: Pakistan has planted more than 1 billion trees in an effort to reduce the effects of global warming. Debates about climate policy often swirl around complicated…
Simone Veil – a passionate believer in Europe
Simone Veil, 2008. Wikicommons/Marie-Lan Nguyen. Some rights reserved.In an age of political vacuousness, we often ask what has happened to the quality of our leaders. Many believe that we deserve…