America
It may feel like the world’s ending – but America has reason to hope | Opinion
If stagnant wages, near-record inequality, climate change, nuclear buildups, assault weapons, mass killings, trade wars, opioid deaths, Russian intrusions into American elections, kids locked in cages at our border, and Donald Trump in the White House don’t at least occasionally cause you feelings of impending doom, you’re not human. But I want you to remember …
Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging
This story also ran on Time. This story can be republished for free (details). MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Army veteran Eugene Milligan is 75 years old and blind. He uses a wheelchair since losing half his right leg to diabetes and gets dialysis for kidney failure. And he has struggled to get enough to eat. Earlier …
Ohio Competition Seeks Technology to Help End Opioid Crisis | Voice of America
WASHINGTON – Every day, more than 130 people in the U.S. die of an opioid overdose, but in one state heavily impacted by the opioid crisis, innovative solutions are now advancing with the hope of saving lives. The opioid epidemic has taken an unspeakable toll on individuals, families and communities in the U.S. To fight …
Sally Pipes: Technology can make rural America healthier
Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released a plan to improve health care in rural America. In a statement posted on his campaign website, he wrote, “Rural Americans are getting sicker and dying younger than people in cities.” He is right, but his plan misses the mark. Buttigieg wants to spend billions of taxpayer dollars …
America is close to ‘deal’ with Taliban, hints Trump | World news
Donald Trump has met his peace envoy to Afghanistan and top security advisers to discuss progress in the latest round of talks with the Taliban, fuelling speculation that a deal to end America’s longest war might be within reach. “Many on the opposite side of this 19-year war, and us, are looking to make a …
Why Doesn’t America Have Universal Health Care? One Word: Race
The smallpox virus hopscotched across the post-Civil War South, invading the makeshift camps where many thousands of newly freed African-Americans had taken refuge but leaving surrounding white communities comparatively unscathed. This pattern of affliction was no mystery: In the late 1860s, doctors had yet to discover viruses, but they knew that poor nutrition made people …
Iranian Pleads Guilty in US of Bid to Export Technology Illegally | Voice of America
An Iranian woman has pleaded guilty in the United States of trying to illegally export technology to her home country. Negar Ghodskani, 40, entered her guilty plea Friday in federal court in the northern state of Minnesota. According to court documents, Ghodskani worked for a Tehran company, Fana Moj, from 2008 to 2011 and established with a co-defendant another company in Malaysia that …
What a horrible week for America
Opponents of Donald Trump can’t argue it’s a good thing the US President is being accused of a racist. Supporters of a tougher stance on immigration can’t argue that children should leave after the first day of school unsure if their parents are coming home. Absolutely nobody can argue it’s a good thing that ISIS …
Traveling safely in America: What the rest of the world really thinks
Close US allies have long warned their citizens about the risks of exploring the United States. And while most online advisories rank the US as safe to visit, many also make mention of domestic mass shootings, typically categorized as terrorism — and also warn about the astronomical cost of American health care for visitors whom …
Boy Scouts of America have a ‘pedophile epidemic’ and are hiding hundreds in its ranks, lawyers claim
The Boy Scouts of America are continuing to cover-up a “pedophilia epidemic within their organization,” a group of lawyers alleged Tuesday in a new lawsuit. The Abused in Scouting lawyers said they’ve identified 350 previously unknown scoutmasters and volunteers who allegedly preyed on boys — and whose names were not known to law enforcement or …
