by News Decoder | 9 Jun 2020 | Asia, Friends Seminary, Health and Wellness, United States, Westover School, Youth Voices
Youth around the world are fighting fake news and delivering groceries to the needy as they juggle online studies with community service during COVID-19. Nylu Bernshteyn on a food run for the #BrooklynShowsLove mutual aid project in Brooklyn, New York. These student...
by Alistair Lyon | 8 Jun 2020 | Middle East
Lebanon has largely dodged COVID-19. But its finances are in tatters — and so, too, its facade of prosperity. Disaster awaits. Anti-government protesters demonstrating against Lebanon’s economic and financial crisis, and to demand early parliamentary...
by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 5 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness, Youth Voices
Reporting from around the world confirms that youth are using their creativity and energy to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best in many young people. That may not be the prevailing view in some media, but the World Teenage...
by Angela Gu | 4 Jun 2020 | Art, Health and Wellness
We were students seeking solace from COVID-19. Then, with a burst of artistic creativity, an online ‘zine’ was born. “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie During the...
by Lizan Nijkrake | 3 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, Women
The world was making progress in curbing female genital mutilation, a rite of passage to womanhood in many countries. COVID-19 is setting back those efforts. A six-year-old girl screams in pain while being cut in Somalia, 17 June 1996 (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) Rhobi...