BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilians return to the polls in 57 towns on Sunday for the runoffs of municipal elections that have witnessed surging violence involving assassinations and physical assaults on candidates. In two months of campaigning major up to the to start with round of voting on Nov. 15, there […]
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1918 pandemic vs. 2020 pandemic: Lessons of the next wave
We could encounter a comparable fate if some folks continue on to ignore what a century of scientific development and hindsight have taught us about ending pandemics. The 1918 pandemic transpired in three waves, from the spring of 1918 to the wintertime of 1919 — in the long run killing […]
Wave of evictions coming soon as one Springfield woman tries to cope
Neena Dickerson’s trailer looks homely. The stoop consists of piled-up gray cinder blocks. Flowerpots decorate one end. The lot rent is only $305 per month. Dickerson calls it home, though, and when she moved in last year with her family — three young adult children and a toddler-aged granddaughter — it signified […]