Category: International Perspectives

COVID-19, International Perspectives, Science, Technology, Research

The Worldwide Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine: The Major Players

The global pandemic currently ravaging the world began in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the Hubei Province of China. According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, in late December of 2019, Chinese authorities discovered several cases of pneumonia all associated with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan. Within one week, on January 7th, Chinese health authorities determined that this … Continue reading The Worldwide Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine: The Major Players

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COVID-19, Education, featured, International Perspectives

The Policy Might Be Gone — But the Fear Isn’t: International Students’ Reflections on ICE’s Response to COVID-19

We asked 15 international students about how ICE’s newest policies would have affected them and how the initiation of these policies made them feel. We invite you to read these students’ stories, as well as more about these policies Continue reading The Policy Might Be Gone — But the Fear Isn’t: International Students’ Reflections on ICE’s Response to COVID-19

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COVID-19, featured, International Perspectives, Marginalized Populations

The Convergence of Two Disasters in East India

Cyclone Amphan touched down in late May as one of the most powerful recorded storms in India’s history, causing devastation in the Indian states of West Bengal and Orissa, as well as parts of Bangladesh. “Thousands of electric poles were broken down, leaving most of Kolkata without power for at least a day. In some areas, I heard that power didn’t come back for weeks. … Continue reading The Convergence of Two Disasters in East India

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featured, International Perspectives, Marginalized Populations

Casteism and the Making of Modern Tamil Nadu

A quick Google search for “caste” brings up a four-tiered pyramid with Brahmins (priests and teachers), Kshatriyas (warriors and rulers), Vaishyas (farmers, traders, and merchants), and Shudras (laborers). These four upper-caste varnas together are referred to as savarnas. Below these four tiers (avarna), are the Dalits, subject to the harshest forms of oppression. Continue reading Casteism and the Making of Modern Tamil Nadu

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