by Natasha Comeau | 21 Nov 2019 | Health and Wellness, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Sexually transmitted diseases are at an all-time high in the U.S. Experts hope more at-home testing will help stop the spread of STDs. A billboard in California promoting testing for STDs, 1 April 2016 (AP Photo/Nick Ut) More Americans than ever have sexually...
by Tara Heidger | 13 Nov 2019 | Africa, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Rwanda is expanding a rural development program that is slashing poverty, but at the expense of free choice. Are the benefits worth it? A model village in Rwanda’s Eastern Province that was built in 2016 (Photo by Tara Heidger) Rwanda is tackling poverty...
by Lizan Nijkrake | 16 May 2019 | Environment, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
The UN’s Green Climate Fund helps finance climate projects in poor countries. Most of its money goes to large international players. Is that right? Women walk on farmland destroyed by salt due to rising sea levels in Saloum Delta, Senegal, 19 October 2015 (AP...
by News Decoder | 3 May 2019 | Sports, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
By Veronica Allan Caster Semenya will have to take hormone-reducing drugs if she wants to continue her stellar international track career. The South African sprinter, a double Olympic champion in the 800 meters, lost her case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport...