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Archives for March 2016

What Did Jesus Do?

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Adam Gopnik | May 24, 2010 Issue | The New Yorker Reading and unreading the Gospels. When we meet Jesus of Nazareth at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark, almost surely the oldest of the four, he’s a full-grown man. He comes down from Galilee, meets John, an ascetic desert hermit who lives on locusts and wild honey, and is baptized by him in the River Jordan. If one thing … [Read more...] about What Did Jesus Do?

Chewa The Lab Rat Has A Great Job, Good Retirement Benefits

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Maggie Zackowitz | March 26, 2016 | NPR In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, every morning, a medical specialist known as Chewa (a name that means brave in Swahili — but his bosses call him Mchapakazi, the hard worker) gets excited about his job. For two 40 minute sessions, punctuated by a nap and some recreational time with co-workers, he will test smears of human mucus for … [Read more...] about Chewa The Lab Rat Has A Great Job, Good Retirement Benefits

ብጉልባብ ኢዮቤላዊ ናጽነት ኣይንተሃመል!

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መልእኽቲ ወጋሕታ | መጋቢት 26 ዓመተ 2016 | ኢዲቶሪያል  ቦርድ ወጋሕታ ሳሊና Listen to story ኢሳይያስ ዝመርሖ ጉጅለ ብሩራዊ ኢዮቤልዩ ናጽነት ንምጽምባል ዳንኬራን ጎይላን ከዳምቕ ላዕሊ ታሕቲ ይብል’ሎ። ሃገራዊ ናጽነት ክብሃል ከሎ መሬታዊ ናጽነት ማለት ድዩ? ዝብል ሕቶ ኣብ ሕድሕድ ኤርትራዊ ዝልዓል ሕቶ’ዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናጽነት ንምምጻእ ደም ከፊሉ ዝረኸባ ሃገር ኣብ መሬቱ ከይነብር ክጻወሮ ዘይክእል ሕሰምን ኣደራዕን ክወርዶ ስለዝተገበረ ነታ ህይወት ከፊሉ ዘምጽኣ ናጽነት ብባርነት ስለዝተተክአት ሃገር ከምዘይብሉ ስደት ክውሕዝን ክበርስን ተገዲዱ። ብዋጋ ህይወቱ … [Read more...] about ብጉልባብ ኢዮቤላዊ ናጽነት ኣይንተሃመል!

A ‘Forgotten Disease’ Is Suddenly Causing New Worries

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Nurith Aizenman | March 25, 2016 | NPR Listen to the Story The world is in danger of running out of vaccines for a deadly disease: yellow fever. A major outbreak in the African nation of Angola has already depleted the stockpile that world health officials had set aside for emergencies. It's unclear whether new vaccines can be made in time — even as officials worry that … [Read more...] about A ‘Forgotten Disease’ Is Suddenly Causing New Worries

The ‘Strategic Logic’ of Suicide Bombing

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Uri Friedman | Mar 23, 2016 | The Atlantic An expert boils down the Brussels attacks to one word: territory. In October 2015, two suicide bombers killed more than 100 people outside a railway station in the Turkish capital of Ankara. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in the country’s modern history, but it was also something more, something not fully appreciated … [Read more...] about The ‘Strategic Logic’ of Suicide Bombing

Australian mining company denies role in murder of South African activist

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Joshua Robertson | Friday 25 March 2016 | The Guardian Campaigners claim death of Sikhosiphi Rhadebe is an escalation of violence against opponents of a mine owned by Perth’s Mineral Commodities Limited An Australian-owned mining company has denied any link to the murder of an activist leading a campaign against its plans to mine titanium in South … [Read more...] about Australian mining company denies role in murder of South African activist

Israel’s shame – the treatment of Eritrean refugees

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Martin Plaut | 22 March 2016 | martinplaut.wordpress.com How many Eritreans have been given full recognition as refugees by the Israeli government? The answer – as far as I can discern – is just 4. Most refugees are detained as ‘infiltrators.’ This disgraceful treatment comes despite the world’s acceptance of the appalling human rights abuses in Eritrea, from which so many … [Read more...] about Israel’s shame – the treatment of Eritrean refugees