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The 2022 Roe v. Wade turmoil – real concerns, twitter panic and juicy headlines
Women’s reproductive rights have been discussed all across the nation since Politico published an initial draft indicating that the U.S. Supreme Court intends to strike down Roe v. Wade. The 1973 landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion...
DOOMSDAY CLOCK: A Cinematic Ticking Device or a Cautionary Watchdog?
If the essence of the doomsday clock is to provoke conversation, we must have these conversations, before it is too late and novelty becomes a disaster.
What then is midnight, it is the end of humanity as we know it. Period.
On races, cultures and friendship
Hong Kong is largely a racially homogeneous society, as only about 8% of the population is non Chinese. Back home, I am in a privileged position as the majority. I do not need to tackle any racial issues. I am taken as who I am, and my skin color does not matter. In...
Policing of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation is Failing Without The U.S and Russia
Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, a 75-year-old magazine created by scientists directly involved in the Manhattan Project, a U.S research project in 1942-45 that produced the first atomic bombs. These scientists decided, after being overruled on their suggestion to not use these bombs on a civilian population, that there was value in an organization that informed the public on the state of modern science and what was needed to reduce man-made threats to our existence.
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2020 U.S. Presidential Election Analysis and Conversation
Surrounding the much anticipated 2020 U.S. presidential election, the World Press Institute (WPI) offered a two-part webinar series on the subject. Part One In the first webinar, longtime journalist James Fallows of The Atlantic talked
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#WPIFellowship participants are required to submit blog posts throughout the program, in their chosen medium.
Radio broadcaster @PauliinaGrym naturally chose an audio format for this interview w/ @StimsonCenter's Jenny Town.
https://worldpressinstitute.org/how-big-of-a-nuclear-threat-is-north-korea-to-the-world-in-2022/
How much do you know about the home of @GrainBeltBeer?
@AbAbsvrdo details the history on the #WPIFellowship blog --
https://worldpressinstitute.org/immigrants-brewery-survives-thrives/
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Okay, okay, you can't "stay" forever, but we ensure that these 9-weeks are life-changing!
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