Joanna Lowell
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The Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting honors the third season of In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, which investigated the killings of twenty-five Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines in 2005. Listen to the third season here.
In the Dark: Season 3
The New Yorker investigative podcast examines the killings of twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and asks why no one was held accountable for the crime.
www.newyorker.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting honors the third season of In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, which investigated the killings of twenty-five Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines in 2005. Listen to the third season here.
This was a really interesting podcast and a good distraction from current events: www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scr...
Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble, legally at least. We’ve got casinos, sports betting, online poker, keno — but it was all made possible by state lotteries, which brought gambli...
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March 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This was a really interesting podcast and a good distraction from current events: www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scr...
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“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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An influential program that gave detailed public health information to about half of the world’s nations has folded as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
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Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program (Gift Article)
The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
An influential program that gave detailed public health information to about half of the world’s nations has folded as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
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If it's true that future collection of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data "will cease," this would be a staggering loss to the global community. 1/6
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February 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If it's true that future collection of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data "will cease," this would be a staggering loss to the global community. 1/6
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...