A Reward for a Functioning Society

Angelena Iglesia

Image credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports On July 5, Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle said in the middle of a press conference regarding the restart of Major League Baseball and what would later be known as summer camp, “sports are like the reward of a functioning society.” This sentence was amidst […]

Announcing the 2020 British Ecological Society award winners

Angelena Iglesia

IMAGE: Top row left-to-right: Mike Begon, Sandra Lavorel, Michel Loreau, Teja Tscharntke, Wendy Foden, David Odee. Bottom row left-to-right: Tommaso Jucker, Juliet Vickery, Helen Roy, Iain Stott, Kimberly A. With…. view more  Credit: British Ecological Society The British Ecological Society (BES) announced today the winners of its annual awards and prizes, […]

Pakistan: Female lawyer abducted, raped for four days, advisor says Imran Khan has taken notice after video causes outrage online

Angelena Iglesia

#JusticeforNasreenAdvocate trends online after a video from Okara so a female lawyer who got abducted and raped circulated online. Image Credit: Twitter Pakistani tweeps are demanding #JusticeforNasreenAdvocate after a female lawyer was reportedly abducted and raped by three men in the district of Okara, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, on August […]

America’s got talent, just not political talent | USA

Angelena Iglesia

The US presidential elections have the feel of the popular talent competition, America’s Got Talent (AGT). Like the reality TV show, they are entertaining, emotional and highly competitive, and focus exclusively on the candidates’ talent and character or lack thereof, rather than anything that resembles political substance or agenda. This […]