I write stories about global health, cancer, HIV, health policy, climate change. Why the wonky stuff matters. (Did I mention VW vans?)
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Democrat Mary Peltola is the apparent winner of Alaska’s special U.S. House race after ranked votes were tabulated Wednesday and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress. adn.com/politics/2022/08/31/…
So beautiful. So heartbreaking. nytimes.com/2022/06/04/us/ma…
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Mary Engel retweeted
endless patience will never be enough
the only hope is to be the daylight
—W.S Merwin
Such a deeply empathetic, magnificently written and heartbreaking look at what surrogate mothers in Ukraine are going through (period), not to mention amid a war.
As I profiled several surrogates for the New York Times Magazine, I acquired a sense of their particular plight, but also a deeper understanding of the inspiring Ukrainian spirit during a time of war. nytimes.com/2022/05/03/magaz…
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Riveting reporting & photography from @seattletimes & @adndotcom takes us readers out on a crab boat into a disappearing world.
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Mary Engel retweeted
For folks that are concerned about the Voting Rights Act, today’s SCOTUS decision means that the canary in the coal mine just died. If there were ever a time for Congress to act on voting rights legislation, now would be it. Make no mistake, this is not a good outcome.
Whenever I’m about to give up on Twitter, I come across a 🧵 like this. You don’t have to be an entomologist to be delighted. 🐜
Thinking about biological collections lately I'm reminded of the time that somehow at age 4, I got a personal tour of the @UCBerkeley entomology collection (Essig?) from a kind scientist (anybody know who?!). Asked my parents how on earth THAT happened, and it turns out...🤯
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A 9th anniversary = pottery & willow. Clay & water transformed by fire/strength & resilience. Thanks for the lessons in both. @outofedenwalk
Today we’re celebrating the 9th anniversary of the @OutofEdenWalk! In 2013, #NatGeoExplorer @PaulSalopek set out on a 24,000-mile odyssey to retrace our ancestors’ global migration on foot.
Follow this thread as @PaulSalopek shares a lesson from each year on the walk.
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Mary Engel retweeted
I wrote about how the American death toll from COVID-19 is now greater than the death toll of the Civil War (750,000).
Behind these numbers are real people. One of them was Yvonne Brown. I attended her funeral last week. She was 41. This is still with us. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
Mary Engel retweeted
Busy day on B.1.1.529 - a variant of great concern - The world should provide support to South Africa and Africa and not discriminate or isolate it! By protecting and supporting it, we will protect the world! A plea for billionaires and financial institutions. 1/8 tweets
Mary Engel retweeted
Today, I'm thankful for the South African scientists
Who are working on the Nu variant with great expertise, speed, and transparency
Their openness makes the world safer
Thank you 🇿🇦
Mary Engel retweeted
We in the media have failed to explain to our viewers/readers what's *in* the Build Back Better reconciliation bill.
We just go on and on about $3.5 trillion.
So let me tell you what's in it, and why it matters, in just 60 seconds. Start the clock...
The story behind the photo alone is worth the read. As was this advice: “I would wait for that one true thing, no matter how long it took.” RIP Jim Sheeler, whose beautiful writing (& heart) showed us what the best journalists do. gazette.com/premium/an-appre…
One of the best reports I've read on the long shadow of 9/11, here and in Afghanistan & Iraq.
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, reporter Hal Bernton invites reflection on America's longest war. He shares dispatches from his decade-plus of coverage of the U.S. response to the terrorist attacks, from Oregon to Algeria to Afghanistan and Iraq. st.news/3C2AErQ
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