Sibongile Zulu is among the 7.7 million South Africans who are HIV positive. She takes a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs to suppress the virus. When South Africa imposed a coronavirus lockdown in March, Zulu lost her job. Weeks later her local clini...
Washington is a monumental city, a showcase capital with iconic views. And that's because most planned public projects go through the Commission of Fine Arts, a presidentially appointed panel established by Congress in 1910. The idea was to really li...
The humble minibus taxi is a lifeline for more than 70 percent of south Africa's workforce. But health experts worry this system is a breeding ground for coronavirus, because of riders' close quarters and the high volume of passengers. A new South Af...
Thousands of parents, educators, students and community members marched in the streets of Manhattan in early august to demand safe and equitable schools. We lost a co-worker to covid in April and we do not want any more teachers gone this fall. We ne...
Every year more than 14 million people come to see one of New York city's famous Broadway shows. In 2019 these performances brought in well over 1.7 billion dollars, but since March the theaters have been empty and Broadway could be facing a record-s...
Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. 以下是一篇反映美国政府政策立场的社论。 Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited condition that, if left untreated, kills 80 percent of children born with it before...
Oxford University researchers say a new study marks a rare example of collaboration between academics and the video game industry. 牛津大学研究人员表示，一项新的研究标志着学者和电子游戏产业之间的罕见合作。 Lack of...
Today, we continue our discussion about if and whether. Both words are conjunctions that can sometimes be used in place of each other. The word whether shows that there are two possibilities or choices for something. And sometimes the word if shares...
The frightening creature from the 1975 American film Jaws has found a permanent home at a museum in Los Angeles. Bruce the 45-year-old shark is 7.6 meters long and weighs 547 kilograms. He is famous for being hard to work with on the set of the class...
A mother of five children in Gaza is the Palestinian territory's first woman taxi driver. Thirty-nine-year-old Naela Abu Jibba says she likes her job although some people make fun of her for doing it. I get lots of offensive (social media) comments,...
