🇨🇺 Cuba had a lower infant mortality rate than the United States until 2019. Life expectancy of 78 — comparable to OECD countries. The only nation in Latin America to develop its own Covid vaccines, at over 90% efficacy.
Even through the Soviet collapse in the 1990s, with barely any electricity, infant mortality kept dropping every single year. Drop Site contributor Ed Augustin, based in Havana, said those health indicators – which survived every prior shock – are falling for the first time.
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A decade ago, Barack Obama announced one of the biggest ever breakthroughs in US foreign policy. My latest piece looks at how and why US-Cuba “normalization” was smashed to pieces.
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'Everyone’s got to love each other a little bit more.'
Coyotes defenseman Travis Dermott discusses his decision to use pride tape in the home opener in defiance of NHL policy.
Read the story by clicking the photo:⬇️
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I know it's the preseason, but one of the most mind-numbing things about the NHL is that they STILL haven't figured out how to make it easy to actually *watch* NHL games.
Fans are more than happy to pay. Just make it easy to access. Can't grow the game if people can't see it!
"Politicians – not teachers – are the ones who should be losing sleep as they figure out how to solve this crisis. This is why we vote for them; this is why we pay their salaries with our tax dollars."
— writes Christina Wyman for #AJOpinion ⤵️ https://t.co/HNNg0HHnQY
"The failure to see capitalism as America’s underlying disease... means that the country’s increasingly violent episodes will continue to be seen as “local problems.”
— #AJOpinion by @MariaBelen_Fdez ⤵️ https://t.co/nNeNPreubS
"The overturning of Roe v Wade would not only affect the safety and wellbeing of American women, but women all across the world and especially those in developing countries."
— #AJOpinion by Stephanie Musho ⤵️ https://t.co/EZGxFGPKBC
Acts of agression against journalists were also on full display.
Our country can't afford march in this direction. We'll fall off a moral cliff if we do.
While the pandemic has brought on the feeling of loneliness to many people and prevented many more from enjoying the spring and summer as planned, it has been interesting seeing people out enjoying the weather and… https://t.co/f6k1oqJpI5
Whether you realize it or not, this affects everybody, and it's not over. The protests carry on and now the pushback has become harsher and more violent than ever before. Convoys of unmarked vehicles are being… https://t.co/a5QVRdBMHS