Ramesh Thakur is an academic and a former UN Undersecretary General. He is best known…
Category: Societal Impact
Censorship & Big Tech Control
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Big Tech thriving during pandemic despite widespread economic upheaval
While most countries in the world are experiencing severe economic contractions, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple…
Human
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Nature Deficit Disorder is a real thing
In this article for The New York Times, author Meg St-Esprit McKivigan interviews parents and…
Economic
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Philippines officially in technical recession as economy shrinks by 16.5% in Q2
The Philippine economy is experiencing its greatest contraction in two decades following the extension of…
Economic
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ECOP: Almost 53% of MSMEs closed down permanently and partially
Edgardo B. Lacson, chairman of the Employer’s Conference of the Philippines (ECOP) says that 52.66%…
Economic
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20% of Filipinos go hungry amid COVID
A recent survey conducted by the SWS discovered that 5.2 million or 20.9% of Filipinos…
Ecological
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The return of plastic
Before the pandemic, the call for eradicating plastic was resounding. But the pandemic has brought…
Human
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Mandatory masking interferes with personal autonomy
The imposition of province-wide masking for indoor spaces interferes with personal autonomy. This is the…
Human
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Oxfam: The hunger crisis linked to the coronavirus could kill more than the disease itself
A new report published by Oxfam, estimated that 12,000 people per day could die from…
10 million children may never return to school after coronavirus
An entire generation of children had their education disrupted with the imposition of lockdowns worldwide….