Author Archives: Jerri-Lynn Scofield

Stock Buybacks Stand in the Way of Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

Hedge fund managers are pushing U.S. firms to play Wall Street games instead of investing in technologies of the future.

Mitch McConnell to U.S. Business: Stay Out of Politics – But Keep Those Contributions Coming

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells U.S. business: stay out of politics, but keep those campaign contributions coming.

Links 4/7/2021

Marcus Rashford Promotes Healthy Start

UK international and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashird asks food retailers about their support for Healthy Start food vouchers.

IMF, World Bank Must Support Developing Countries’ Recovery

COVID-19 continues to take an unprecedented human and economic toll; international institutions must support developing countries’ recovery.

New COVID Variants Have Changed the Game, and Vaccines Will Not Be Enough. We Need Global ‘Maximum Suppression

Vaccines alone won’t stem the COVID-19 pandemic: the case for why much mre still must be done, on a blocal basis.

New York Joins Pot Party

New York becomes the fifteenth state to legalise possession of marijuana for those over the age of twenty-one.

Links 4/5/2021

Why India is Banking on Health Diplomacy to Grow African Footprint

India has stepped up its foreign policy re-engagement with African countries and has focused on health diplomacy.

Italy Bans Cruise Ships from Entering Venice’s Historic Center

Environmentalists take a victory lap, but much more must be done to ensure the survival of Venice, especially with sea levels rising.

Links 4/4/2021

Life in a Remote Alaskan Community on the Front Line of Climate Change

Whittier, Alaska, copes with a pandemic and climate change, and confronts the daunting prospects of a Prince Williams Sound tsunami.

Indian Vaccine Manufacturers: U.S. Use of Wartime Export Controls Threatens World Vaccine Production

Will the U.S. relax export controls that threaten global vaccine production? What’s the next step for U.S. vacccine diplomacy?

Links 3/15/2021

‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries

Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.