Use COVID-19 to build back better, cities told
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation COVID-19 will not spell the end of world cities, which are set to grow further over the next decade, the United Nations said on Saturday, urging civic leaders to use the pandemic as a springboard to build better, more liveable urban centres. About 60 per cent of the global population is […]
Coronavirus vaccine: Can solar fridges helping vaccinate African children work for COVID-19?
As the development of COVID-19 vaccines gains pace, PEYTON FLEMING, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at the challenge of providing proper refrigeration when it comes time for distribution in Africa…
Social issues a priority for US cardinal-to-be Wilton Gregory
Washington DC, USAP Archbishop Wilton Gregory, soon to become the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black cardinal from the United States, hopes the US hierarchy can broaden its concept of “pro-life” so that other pressing issues can be considered top priorities along with opposition to abortion. Gregory, in an interview Friday with The Associated Press, also […]
Essay: In the US, the Black Church has been getting ‘souls to the polls’ for more than 60 years
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID D DANIELS III, professor of church history at McCormick Theological Seminary in the US, looks at how Black churches have historically been involved in encouraging congregants to vote…