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Coronavirus and Credibility

April 2020 I recently saw a video of TV journalists and politicians confidently saying that the coronavirus would be no worse than the flu. What struck me about it was not just how mistaken they seemed, but how daring. How could they feel safe saying such things? The answer, I realized, is that they didn’t […]

John Herrington Performs a Spacewalk – NASA

On Nov. 30, 2002, NASA astronauts John Herrington (pictured) and Michael Lopez-Alegria performed the third and final spacewalk of the STS-113 mission. The goal of the mission was to install and activate the Port 1 Integrated Truss Assembly (P1). The first major component installed on the left side of the Station, the P1 truss provides […]

Maternar: Guia propõe que cobertura jornalística tenha olhar antirracista com mães e crianças negras

“As mães carregam uma culpa que a sociedade impõe a elas. Dificilmente uma mãe não se sente culpada, mas há sempre um olhar e um peso maiores quando falamos sobre as mulheres negras que são mães”, afirma a pesquisadora e escritora Luara Baia, uma das entrevistadas do ‘Guia novas perspectivas sobre infâncias negras’. A publicação […]

PICS: Undocumented Mexican man arrested after drug laboratory worth R100 million uncovered in Rietfontein

An undocumented 39-year-old Mexican national was arrested after he was found allegedly operating a R100 million drug laboratory in Rietfontein, Pretoria. Gauteng police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk said the man was arrested on Wednesday after police followed extensive surveillance which was conducted at the premises. An undocumented 39-year-old Mexican national was arrested after […]