Labor Day 2021, as it was last year, is going to be very different from previous celebrations. And while we might still be marking the end of summer with BBQs with our vaccinated friends and family, let’s share over the grill some of the good news that’s happening for working people! Big wins in tech […]
In late July, Jeff Bezos orbited the Earth for about 10 minutes — a $5.5 billion dollar trip to nowhere funded by Amazon employees and customers. Bezos flaunted his greed and demonstrated his indifference to conditions of poverty, hunger and the pandemic that continue to cause suffering here on Earth. Tackling wealth hoarding requires us […]
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), access to family planning services remains difficult, especially for adolescents and young adults. Consequently, unwanted pregnancies and clandestine abortions constitute a major public health problem in the country. A December 2019 review of reproductive health access and barriers paints the picture: most pregnancies in the DRC are unintended; without access […]
The huge 7.2 earthquake on August 14 has devastated the southwest of Haiti. More than 1,400 people have died and at least 84,000 homes and buildings were destroyed or damaged. Coming on top of the assassination of Haiti’s president and the denial of COVID vaccines to the Haitian people by the US and European pharmaceutical […]
The brutal consequences of climate change are especially apparent this summer. On the West Coast, we are sweating through an extreme heat wave and bracing for a prolonged, frightening fire season. Fresh in our memory is the orange sky of doom that descended upon the Bay Area 11 months ago. Meanwhile, people in China, India […]
One Peace Corps Volunteer in Cambodia, Helen Pu, has supported Hesperian in a special way — by field testing a book in progress! Helen is one of the many women and men worldwide who are striving to make Health for All a reality in their communities, and using Hesperian resources to do so: “As a […]