William Minter

William Minter is the editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin.
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Views Saturday, March 28, 2020 Can Coronavirus Be a Catalyst for Thinking Globally? This article builds on a multipart essay series entitled Beyond Eurocentrism and U.S. Exceptionalism. The COVID-19 pandemic is global, but national responses have spanned a wide spectrum. After initial denial, China mobilized massively and appears to be winning its battle against the virus. Several... Read more |
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Views Friday, December 06, 2019 Africa Could Power a Green Revolution Just before this year’s global climate summit opened in Madrid recently, researchers announced that emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels will hit a record high in 2019 . Although the 0.6 percent rate of growth is less than last year’s 2.1 percent, the total which must be cut to prevent the... Read more |
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Views Thursday, September 05, 2019 Corporations Getting to Zero With GOP's Inside Help on Tax Avoidance Aircastle Ltd. is not a household name, but if you’ve flown on South African Airways, KLM, or any of more than 80 other airlines, you’ve probably traveled on an airplane the Connecticut-based company owns and manages. The company´s business model is based on buying, selling, and leasing aircraft... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, August 07, 2019 The Green New Deal Must Be Global June 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history . July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide , as a wide swath of the continental United States sweltered with heat indexes of over 100 degrees. Unless new action is taken to curb emissions driving the climate... Read more |
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Views Friday, April 05, 2019 In the Wake of Cyclone Idai, the North Has a Climate Debt to Pay Weeks after Cyclone Idai struck the coast of Mozambique, near Beira, the flood waters have receded to reveal a shattered landscape. Houses and roads were washed away; crops awaiting harvest were destroyed. Confirmed deaths number in the high hundreds across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, with... Read more |