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Transgender rights under assault: Mr. Beast exposes social rift

by Lucas Romann in LGBTQIA+

The stance taken by the popular YouTuber Mr. Beast highlighted a troubling rift in U.S. society.

Spotlight: Vaccine Hesitancy

  • Vaccine disasters spur antivaxxer doubts

    August 18, 2020

    Vaccine disasters have happened but it is important to put them in context. Vaccine disasters and the number of patients affected by unexpected side-effects are minuscule compared with the billions of doses of people that have been vaccinated around the world for centuries.

  • Whack-a-measles: Resurgence of eradicated disease points to dangers of vaccine hesitancy
    July 9, 2020
  • Vaccine hesitancy and antivaxxer sentiment on the rise around the world
    November 18, 2020
  • Anti-vaxxer movements are on the rise: Podcast
    October 6, 2020
  • Anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories and hesitancy: Interview
    July 2, 2020
  • With their loud and effective campaigns, anti-vaxxers could hurt efforts to build COVID-19 herd immunity
    July 17, 2020
  • Lesson for the world: Polio makes a comeback in Pakistan as misinformation, fear and mistrust power antivaxxer movements
    July 7, 2020
  • Measles and COVID-19: Indonesia’s Battles Against Vaccine Hesitancy Highlight Challenges for Muslim World
    August 6, 2020
  • Anti-vaxxers: Vaccine hesitancy rears its head around the world as agencies work to reach everyone
    June 9, 2020

Around the world

  • Vaccines: In South Korea, the value of vaccines is built into the country's economic DNA
    Vaccines: In South Korea, the value of vaccines is built into the country’s economic DNA
    June 24, 2020
  • Anti-vaxxers: Vaccine hesitancy rears its head around the world as agencies work to reach everyone
    June 9, 2020
  • Myths and misinformation a scourge to health care across South Asia
    June 2, 2020
  • Between a virus and a hot place: Amazon tribes move across borders and face extinction
    May 24, 2020
  • ‘We have to accept that not developing a vaccine is a possibility’: A philosopher in the age of pandemic
    May 20, 2020
  • Vaccines: Level of mistrust remains high despite overabundance of data
    May 6, 2020
  • Pakistan’s first COVID-19 patient: “Please, please stay at home”
    April 27, 2020

Most popular

  • Transgender rights under assault: Mr. Beast exposes social rift
    June 23, 2023
  • COVID in Shanghai: Ordinary people under lockdown – Part 2
    August 11, 2022
  • Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies – Part 1
    May 30, 2022
  • Gloomy outlook for LGBTQIA+ in Asia – Part 7
    February 8, 2022
  • LGBTQIA+ in China and India play a key role – Part 6
    December 7, 2021
  • Hidden economies: Gotta catch the Pokémon card craze
    November 19, 2021
  • Pockets of acceptance for LGBTQIA+ in Asia – Part 5
    November 17, 2021
  • LGBTQIA+ communities face hatred and discrimination in Asia – Part 4
    October 26, 2021
  • LGBTQIA+

    Transgender rights under assault: Mr. Beast exposes social rift

  • COVID-19

    COVID in Shanghai: Ordinary people under lockdown – Part 2

  • COVID-19

    Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies – Part 1

  • Economy

    Gloomy outlook for LGBTQIA+ in Asia – Part 7

  • LGBTQIA+

    LGBTQIA+ in China and India play a key role – Part 6

  • Hidden Economies

    Hidden economies: Gotta catch the Pokémon card craze

  • LGBTQIA+

    Pockets of acceptance for LGBTQIA+ in Asia – Part 5

  • LGBTQIA+

    LGBTQIA+ communities face hatred and discrimination in Asia – Part 4

  • LGBTQIA+

    Oppressed LGBTQIA+ communities in Asia face unfriendly attitudes and little change – Part 3

  • LGBTQIA+

    Oppressed LGBTQIA+ communities find even ‘friendly’ places in Asia are scary – Part 2

Economics

  • Inequality, logistics, waste leave millions hungry

    Inequality, logistics, waste leave millions hungry

    February 14, 2020
    It is unlikely the world will be able to meet its goal of eliminating hunger by 2030. Progress has been made on tackling world hunger but food insecurity started rising in 2014 (see chart here)..
  • COVID-19: Facing challenges on many fronts, Colombia taps the military to enforce quarantines
    April 3, 2020
  • Financial Activism: Hong Kong Arrest of Media Tycoon Supercharges Shares of ‘Yellow’ Businesses
    August 12, 2020

Social Unrest

  • Transgender rights under assault: Mr. Beast exposes social rift

    June 23, 2023

    The stance taken by the popular YouTuber Mr. Beast highlighted a troubling rift in U.S. society.

  • Unrest and insurrection in Mozambique
    Unrest and insurrection in Mozambique leave thousands in the lurch
    July 15, 2021
  • The mystery of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and a secret company in Slovakia
    May 7, 2021

Poverty

  • Coffee to get more expensive, hard to find as COVID-19 decimates production in Colombia

    April 24, 2020

    With COVID-19 lockdowns in place, Colombia may not have enough workers to pick coffee crops and other fruits.

  • In Argentina’s chronic economic crisis, COVID-19 may simply speed up the inevitable
    April 21, 2020
  • Argentina: Economic crisis, COVID-19 and fears of corruption a volatile combination
    April 9, 2020
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