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In this episode, Roberta Timothy talks about her new international health project, Black Health Matters, and explains why racial justice is a public health issue. In this photo, Dr. Janice Bacon, a primary care physician with Central Mississippi Health Services, gives Jeremiah Young, 11, a physical exam.
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When COVID-19 first appeared, some called it the great equalizer. But the facts quickly revealed a grim reality: COVID-19 disproportionately impacts racialized communities.
Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong in July 2019 against a proposed extradition law.
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For much of its history Canada has encouraged people to come and work in this country. However, racialized migrant workers often face an immigration system designed to leave them powerless.
Temporary migrant workers in Canada are facing COVID-19 while dealing with an immigration system that leaves them vulnerable.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought further suffering to migrant workers in Canada already experiencing the abuses of discriminatory immigration policies and poor working conditions.
Coming to fame at the end of the 'tabloid decade', Hilton has long been a source of ridicule. But a deeper look shows a woman who is constantly working for her celebrity.
The race to make enough coronavirus vaccines is underway.
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COVID-19 has highlighted longstanding racial inequalities in the education system. Educators say there is a way forward and out of this.
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Myanmar is increasingly connected to the world via social media, which will make it more difficult for the country's new military leaders to maintain social control.
An artist’s illustration of the aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guiding itself towards the surface of Mars.
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It is difficult to see how the military will benefit from another coup, since it already enjoyed immense political and economic influence under the previous power-sharing agreement.
In this age of social distancing and lockdowns, communion is hard to find especially for more than two million Australians who live alone. A whipsmart feminist podcast can help.