by Gregory Johnson | Mar 25, 2020 | Video, World News
For the lebanese, Coronavirus is only piling on top of an already dire situation. On Monday, the Lebanese government announced it would stop paying all around $30 billion worth of foreign loans, defaulting for the second time on part of its 90 billion dollar debt this...
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 23, 2020 | Activism, Health, Public Interest, Public Policy, Video
“In Italy authorities said on Sunday that a further 651 people had died from the coronavirus. That’s fewer than Saturday’s record number of deaths, but is still the second-worst day so far. Italy has closed non-essential businesses to try to control the...
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 15, 2020 | Environment, Technology, Video
This video examines electric energy storage technologies such as flow batteries, thermal storage, pumped hydro, and gravity-based storage. “The Future Of Energy Storage Beyond Lithium Ion – Over the past decade, prices for solar panels and wind farms have...
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 10, 2020 | Health, Video
UPDATE: This post offers news through 12 March 2020. For news after that time, please refer to our COVID-19 Strategic Response Portal. Summary This page offers recent news about COVID-19, an airborne virus of the same coronavirus family as SARS (severe acute...
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 9, 2020 | Activism, Good News, Video
In Morocco, households that find themselves without a man often face financial difficulties. Fatima Zahara knows that only too well. After her father died, her mother could barely feed her children. So Fatima quit school to help support her family. Fatima’s...
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 7, 2020 | Activism, Health, Public Interest, Relationships, Video
Many women make a conscious decision not to have children. What are the reasons behind their choice – and what reactions does it prompt? The film [m]otherhood investigates these questions and examines the maternal myth inherent in all cultures. Woman and mother...
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 6, 2020 | Health, Public Policy, Video
As COVID-19 spreads to communities nationwide, financial and logistical concerns about its impact are rising. Among the major questions are whether employers will require workers to take unpaid sick leave, and who will pay for potentially significant medical bills....
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 5, 2020 | Health, Public Interest, Public Policy, Video
There’s a crisis unfolding in rural America. While big cities are getting bigger, small-town USA is shrinking. If you live in one of these rural communities, chances are you’re poorer and sicker than your urban counterpart. Across the country, towns that have less...
by Gregory Johnson | Mar 4, 2020 | Consumer News, Video
Amazon is shipping out food products from third-party sellers that are expired, stale, or tampered with. Four months after CNBC first reported the problem, a new analysis found the sellers are still shipping expired food, even as regulation begins to catch up. Amazon...
by Gregory Johnson | Feb 27, 2020 | Environment, Farming, Public Policy, Video
In 1991, the people of Cuba had to quickly embrace some sustainability initiatives that were necessary for survival at a time of great economic crisis which continued for about 9 years. This became known as the “Special Period” or Período Especial. These...
by Gregory Johnson | Feb 18, 2020 | Politics, Video
Some creative Canadian has produced some Anime openings to an imaginary Bernie Sanders Anime television show. Season 2 Season 3 Season...
by Gregory Johnson | Feb 14, 2020 | Finance, Health, Public Policy, Video
As 2019′s happiest country in the world, Finland is undoubtedly a great place to have children. With lengthy parental leave, hundreds of dollars worth of free baby products in the signature baby box and low-to-no childbirth costs, here’s why it’s better to have a baby...
by Gregory Johnson | Feb 10, 2020 | Politics, Video
In the United States right now there seem to be two massive political movements growing in numbers: Trump’s MAGA movement and the Bernie Sanders “Not me, Us” government of the people movement. In New Hampshire just before the Tuesday primary in that...
by Gregory Johnson | Feb 9, 2020 | Politics, Video
On Sunday, 9 Feb 2020, Joe Biden made a comment that quickly went viral. In response to a question from a woman at one of his events, he looked at her and said: “You’re a lying dog-faced Pony Soldier.” The statement certainly wasn’t...
by Gregory Johnson | Feb 6, 2020 | Health, Public Policy, Video
In rural towns across the U.S. hospitals are in crisis. Since 2010, 121 rural hospitals have closed. And, the National Rural Health Association says more than one-third of all rural hospitals in the U.S. are at serious risk of shutting down. But not all hospitals are...
by Gregory Johnson | Feb 5, 2020 | Politics, Video
Stating that he is bound by an oath to God to uphold the U.S. Constitution, Mitt Romney explains he will vote to convict the President. (Source: VICE News, YouTube, 5 Feb 2020 at ~ 1:30 PM CT) The following video is an interview with Mitt Romney on Fox News with Chris...
by Gregory Johnson | Jan 30, 2020 | Activism, Consumer News, Music, Video
TEDx Talk with Damien Riehl: “Copyrighting all the melodies to avoid accidental infringement” (30 Jan 2020) In the litany of copyright infringement lawsuits, technology lawyer and musician Damien Riehl demonstrates that music is merely math, and has a...
by Gregory Johnson | Jan 29, 2020 | Politics, Video
In the three videos below, Michael Bloomberg joins Jimmy Fallon to talk about the 2020 Election. Video 1 of 3 Video 2 of 3 Video 3 of...
