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Die Covid-19-Pandemie hat im vergangenen Jahr 4,7 Millionen Menschen der Mittelschicht in Lateinamerika und der Karibik gefährdet oder verarmt und damit möglicherweise Jahrzehnte des sozialen Fortschritts zunichte gemacht. Dies geht aus einem Bericht der Weltbank hervor, der am Donnerstag (24.) veröffentlicht wurde. Die Auswirkungen sind sogar noch dramatischer, wenn man den Effekt des massiven und zeitlich begrenzten Sozialtransferprogramms in Brasilien aus den Projektionen herausrechnet. Ohne diesen Effekt hätten im vergangenen Jahr insgesamt zwölf Millionen Menschen in der Region ihr...

Z. Sitek / KUAF This week, the Arkansas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Benton County Historical Society unveiled their plans for James H. Berry Park, which will be home to the Confederate monument that stood on the Bentonville square since 1908. The monument was removed earlier this month. It will be restored and eventually will be the centerpiece of the privately-owned park that will be open to the public.

Wikimedia Commons It is common for societies to erect statues in honor of soldiers who fought bravely for the country. The trouble with the statues of Confederate soldiers and warriors is that the people honored fought on the losing side: a side dedicated to the separation of the United States into two countries, one with slavery and one without. Lose the war, win the peace, if it can fairly be called that. You can see why there's no middle ground on Confederate monuments. Historian Karen Cox, who teaches at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, takes up the story in her book

When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to

Zwein during one of the 2019 protests in Beirut. Credit: Victoria El-Khoury Zwein BEIRUT, Lebanon, Mar 12 2021 (IPS) - The fight for equality around the globe has taken a few steps forward in some countries which provides a glimmer of hope for future generations for increased female participation and representation. However, that particular fight is taking new shapes and forms in multiple corners of the world, where women are still persecuted, silenced, threatened, killed, harassed, and stripped off their basic human rights on a daily basis. The question today is, when will the world become...