Ed's Blog Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta’s mayor, is the leader America needs Atlanta’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former lawyer, judge and mum of four has emerged as ‘the face and the voice’ of the Democrats in recent days.
News & Views The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality The protests that have engulfed American cities in the past week are rooted in decades of frustrations, writes Clare Corbould.
News & Views ‘Dispatching heavily armed soldiers’: Trump’s threats against own people The speech came after days of silence, and also reports that he’d spent time in an underground bunker as protesters gathered outside the White House.
News & Views ‘A heartbreak that never seems to stop’: Michelle Obama expresses anguish over the death of George Floyd As protests erupt across cities across the world over the death of another black man at the hands of police, Michelle Obama expressed her anguish and hope
News & Views Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest Vigils and protests against police brutality were organized in Minneapolis and around the US after footage of George Floyd’s being killed was shared.
News & Views COVID-19 puts girls at heightened risk of experiencing violence & missing school Girls living in a COVID-19 world are likely to experience devastating secondary impacts of the pandemic, a new report reveals.
News & Views Newborn babies & mothers killed in shocking maternity ward attack in Kabul Newborn babies, their mothers, pregnant women and nurses were among the 24 people killed at the maternity ward at Dasht-e-Barchi hospital.
News & Views Hillary Clinton backs Joe Biden but faces a wave of criticism On Tuesday night, Joe Biden held a livestream event to highlight women’s issues during the coronavirus pandemic as part of his presidential campaign.
News & Views ‘We have done it together’: Jacinda Ardern on New Zealand’s extraordinary COVID-19 win New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is no longer any undetected community transmission of COVID-19 in the country.
News & Views Will the next leader of North Korea be a woman? Whether Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un’s sister, can rise to become North Korea’s supreme leader in a Confucian, male-dominated regime is unknown.
News & Views COVID19 is nearly 10 times more deadly in Sweden than other Nordic countries Three Nordic countries have flattened the curve & have female prime ministers. Sweden hasn’t and doesn’t. Its recorded death rate is 10 times higher.
News & Views Healthcare workers block anti-lockdown protesters in Denver Hundreds of anti-lockdown demonstrators have turned up in Denver to protest the state’s lockdown laws, but nurses have responded with their own protest.