Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe Sunday night after excelling through rounds of swimsuit and evening gown struts, questions on social issues and one final chance to explain why she was the right choice. “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me — with my kind of skin and my […]readmore
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Scientists say they are bidding farewell to Okjökull, the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change, in a funeral of sorts. Researchers will gather Sunday in Borgarfjörður, Iceland, to memorialize Okjökull, known as Ok for short, after it lost its status as a glacier in 2014. The inscription, titled “A letter to […]readmore
By Dr. Christopher Boxe Saturday, July 20th, 2019 marks the 50th Anniversary of the first humans (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) landing on the moon via NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar mission. The landing site, the “Sea of Tranquility” (Mare Tranquilliatatis), was chosen via Range 8, which took over 7,000 high-resolution images of the moon […]readmore
Homes in Washington, DC’s Brookland were condemned to clear room for a highway in the 1960s. The community fought back. Brig Cabe / DC Public Library By Teju Adisa-Farrar & Raul Garcia In the summer of 1969, a banner hung over a set of condemned homes in what was then the predominantly Black and Brown Brookland […]readmore
Climate Change Flood, drought, fire, famine and pestilence. These are some of the consequences of the changing world climate. And they are not distant happenings, they are here now and will only become more fearsome with each passing year, and more and more horrifying with each passing decade. Last week, we spoke with Dr. Jason […]readmore
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka’s sponsor was forced to apologize Tuesday after an advertisement appeared to show the 21-year-old champion with pale skin. Osaka, who is set to play Karolina Pliskova in the Australian Open semifinals, was featured in a Nissin advertisement with pale skin, brown hair and a headband. Nissin, a Ramen Noodle company, apologized after being accused […]readmore
by Nick Dall, ozy.com As a nursing school student in Cameroon, Melissa Bime remembers watching helplessly as a mother struggled to find a blood match for her 5-year-old daughter, Rita. After three days of fruitless searching, Rita died. A week later, Bime discovered that a hospital 20 minutes away had the right blood all […]readmore
“The difference between the situation in the U.S. and in Zimbabwe is that in the U.S. some of those affected have the “safety net” that they will eventually get back pay. In Zimbabwe, there is an entire country for which there is no safety net at all.” by Amadi Ajamu The United States’ economic sanctions […]readmore
