Opinion: Facebook founder Zuckerberg can’t fix what he won’t own up to
In June 2017, Mark Zuckerberg changed Facebook’s mission. Speaking at the company’s first Community Summit in Chicago, he explained that the best part of Facebook is its “meaningful groups,” those that address a user’s passions or needs and connect them with others who share those interests. At the time, there...
Election of a black president created violent backlash we’re witnessing in the US
Watching the storming of the Capitol last week, many progressive critics of American foreign policy concluded that the country’s chickens were finally coming home to roost. This was the blowback from America’s many military interventions, forever wars and coup attempts. Regime change had returned to Washington. For these critics, the...
Covid re-infections are rare, but can still spread the virus
Most people who catch and recover from Covid-19 are likely to be immune for several months afterwards, a study of more than 20,000 health-care workers in the United Kingdom has found. The study – called SARS-CoV-2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) – concluded that immune responses from past infection reduce...
