Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health
09 Jan
Health News

Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health

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KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony and Emily Kwong, host of NPR’s podcast “Shortwave,” talk about Black families living in the aftermath of lynchings and police killings in their communities. Anthony shares her southeastern Missouri-based reporting from “Silence in Sikeston,” a documentary film, podcast, and print reporting project. She discusses the latest research on the health effects of racism and violence, including the emerging, controversial field of epigenetics. Hear the full podcast episodes Anthony and Kwong reference from “Silence in Sikeston” here. They discuss material from Episode 1, “Racism Can Make You Sick”; Episode 2, “Hush, Fix Your Face”; and Episode 3, “Trauma Lives in the Body.” In 1942, Mable Cook was a teenager. She was standing on her front porch when she witnessed the lynching of Cleo Wright. In the aftermath, Cook received advice from her...
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Seven billionaires created by India’s IPO boom in 2024
09 Jan
Business News

Seven billionaires created by India’s IPO boom in 2024

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Seven billionaires created by India’s IPO boom in 2024A blockbuster year for initial public offerings in India catapulted seven entrepreneurs into the dollar billionaires league, many of them early movers in the country’s booming renewable energy sector.Chiranjeev Singh Saluja of Premier Energies is among those who successfully rode the wave.“My father was in the business of supplying hand pumps to rural villages,” the 51-year-old said in an interview. “He saw that access to electricity was sparse in those areas, so he started Premier Solar in 1995,” Saluja said.Three decades on, the company rechristened Premier Energies is the country’s second largest integrated solar module and solar cell manufacturer behind the Adani Group. Investors bullish on the government’s investments in solar energy have bid up Premier shares nearly threefold since their debut in September, valuing it...
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BREAKING NEWS! Hungarian minister Rogán added to US sanctions list – UPDATE
09 Jan
Breaking News

BREAKING NEWS! Hungarian minister Rogán added to US sanctions list – UPDATE

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Antal Rogán, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, has been added to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. Those on the list are prohibited from conducting business with US entities,Telexreports. No other Hungarian citizens are included on the list. Rogán became a Member of Parliament in 1998, first through the national list and later via the regional list. He served as deputy leader of the parliamentary group until 2007, before becoming its leader from 2012 to 2015. Since 2015, Rogán has held the position of Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office and Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister. He is regarded as one of the most powerful figures in Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government, overseeing the intelligence services and central management of...
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