From sewage to oasis: Female duo create Johannesburg green corridor
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from South Africa on an initiative to revive one of Johannesburg’s largest rivers – a model they hope can be used elsewhere across the country…
Jakarta will fine people who refuse COVID vaccines. Will it work?
Thomson Reuters Foundation Millions of people in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, will face a hefty fine or the loss of social aid if they refuse COVID-19 vaccines, an unusual penalty that followed the country’s decision to make inoculation mandatory. As Indonesia fights one of Asia’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, Jakarta residents who decline vaccination will be punished with […]
Essay: How Philadelphia’s Black churches overcame disease, depression and civil strife
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEPHANIE CLINTONIA BODDIE, assistant professor of church and community ministries at the George W Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University, looks at how the example of Philadelphia’s Black churches speaks to current challenges…