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Jun 1, 2020
2 min

Demand Apology for Slavery, Reparations for Descendants

About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in the United States can expect to die at the hands of police, according to a study published in Augu...

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Dozens of Cities Explode in Fifth Night for Justice

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 31, 2020
2 min

Dozens of Cities Explode in Fifth Night for Justice

Protestors in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a police officer killed a black man on May 25 (By Christian Science Monitor) Outraged America...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 28, 2020
2 min

"I Can't Breathe"

Officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on the neck of handcuffed George Floyd in Minneapolis while passers-by begged him to stop before he k...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 27, 2020
4 min

Price of Life in COVID-19 Crisis

Brazilian nurses mourn 137 colleagues on May 12; 15,000 are infected. The new coronavirus is killing nurses faster in Brazil than anywher...

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My Happiness Depends on Yours in COVID-19 Crisis

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 22, 2020
4 min

My Happiness Depends on Yours in COVID-19 Crisis

"Going out fishing on my own is a lot safer than going to the grocery store," said Autumn Harry, 27, a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute ...

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Leaving the Table (In memoriam. May he rest in peace.)

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 19, 2020
1 min

Leaving the Table (In memoriam. May he rest in peace.)

I don’t need a reason For what I became I’ve got these excuses They’re tired and lame I don’t need a pardon, no no, no no, no There’s no ...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 17, 2020
8 min

Lies About Sweden in COVID-19 Crisis

Social distancing at a city park entrance in Gothenburg (By Adam Ihse/Reuters) Sweden has been misunderstood and, in some cases, downrigh...

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COVID-19 in Portugal: Worry About Return to High School

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 12, 2020
7 min

COVID-19 in Portugal: Worry About Return to High School

Coimbra University is the dream of some students returning to school for exam preparation Portugal has conducted itself admirably during ...

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Mourning Carefree Past, Accepting COVID-19 World

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 8, 2020
3 min

Mourning Carefree Past, Accepting COVID-19 World

Four months ago, a childhood friend was hospitalized with myeloma, or cancer of plasma cells. The news shocked and overwhelmed me. I felt...

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U.N. Guterres' Plea for Cooperation in COVID-19 Crisis

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

May 2, 2020
3 min

U.N. Guterres' Plea for Cooperation in COVID-19 Crisis

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, at the U.N. in New York in September 2019 (By Eduard...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 26, 2020
5 min

Healthy Race for COVID-19 Vaccine

University of Oxford researchers began testing a COVID-19 vaccine in humans. About 1,100 volunteers will take part in the trial. Half wil...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 25, 2020
4 min

COVID-19 Smartphone Contact Tracing

Digital contact tracing is already underway in Singapore, South Korea and China (Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Public off...

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Sitting Out “War”: COVID-19 Antibody Tests

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 21, 2020
6 min

Sitting Out “War”: COVID-19 Antibody Tests

A Long Island, New York, resident was screened for novel coronavirus antibodies in Hempstead on April 18 (Seth Wenig/Associated Press) I’...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 19, 2020
8 min

Blacks, COVID-19: Chance for Change

People, who believe they have COVID-19, wait on line to be tested in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Telangana Today) “When America catches ...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 15, 2020
6 min

Mass Graves: Mass Mournings

Burying unclaimed victims of COVID-19 in New York's Potter's Field (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Is New York digging trenches for mass...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 13, 2020
7 min

AIDS and COVID-19: Silent Prejudice

An ACT UP poster that drew attention to AIDS, which the Reagan administration ignored The last virus epidemic that touched my life was HI...

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COVID-19 in Portugal: National Exams or National Health?

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 10, 2020
5 min

COVID-19 in Portugal: National Exams or National Health?

Two months ago, there was certainty. Now, the only certainty is change. Covid-19 has turned the world upside down. It has been difficult ...

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Covid-19 Slams Culturally Rich Queens, N.Y.

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Apr 5, 2020
3 min

Covid-19 Slams Culturally Rich Queens, N.Y.

U.S. Navy Ship Comfort passes the Statue of Liberty as it enters New York harbor. It has 1,000 beds to relieve pressure on hospitals overw...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 31, 2020
4 min

Walden Lost: COVID-19

Philosopher Henry David Thoreau lived on the shore of Walden Pond in Massachusetts We want to breathe. All of us in Portugal, Europe, the...

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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood

Mar 6, 2020
7 min

Ruling Party Rewrites History

Readers will remember the chilling warning, "Big Brother is watching you," in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Depending on their age, a different p...

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