Then – as now – the wealthy fled to the countryside, while the urban poor were forced to work on the front lines.
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Handling the US outbreak requires a look at what’s working for the rest of the world – and our own history.
The coronavirus found dangerously fertile ground in elements of the country’s demographics, business, geography and culture.
Cuba stresses its programme to send doctors abroad is based in solidarity. But there are diplomatic and economic reasons too.
The lockdown has seen Italy’s urban life shift to new spaces.
From China and South Korea to Italy and the US, different countries are taking very different approaches to COVID-19 – with varying degrees of success.
The government’s “whatever it takes” promise to NHS is all very well, but UK healthcare is a long way from being ready to deal with a major outbreak.
An effective vaccine against lies, spin and confusion.
An experiment in following China’s lead while trying to respect democratic norms is causing tensions.
Thanks to one historic victory, Ethiopia became the only African country never to be colonised.
When the holes – also called ‘eyes’ – don’t appear in a batch, cheesemakers say the cheese is ‘blind.’
Italian filmmakers are starting to take a page from their American counterparts.
At the time of the 2016 referendum, there were widespread fears that Brexit would unleash a contagion effect among other member states.
More than 1 billion euros were donated after Paris’ cathedral was grievously damaged by fire in April. By comparison, just a few million euros were given after catastrophic flooding in Cité des Doges.
A tense regional election leaves food for thought on all sides.
Social networks tend to encourage behaviour considered deviant by local populations.
Research in Sicily finds that anti-immigration policies don’t slow the flow of immigrants, but do hurt local residents in communities where migrants first arrive.
Political actors can actively engage with university students by taking cognisance
of their political information needs
Where else were all those hard-headed refusals to make things easier for the eurozone strugglers going to lead?
Race is embedded into the way many Italians look at themselves. The Italian nation is thought to be constituted first and foremost by white Catholics.
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