A stratified society does not only rank individuals. It ranks nations, and it treats the ranking as a theory of competence. When a country is perceived as a junior party in geopolitics — poorer, weaker, on the receiving end of aid, advice, and intervention — the people inside it are not addressed as colleagues. They…
An evidence-based exploration of Prunella vulgaris, black pepper, and the fight against Bundibugyo virus The Scenario Picture this: You’re a field nurse in a remote village. The nearest Ebola Treatment Unit is six hours away by dirt road. Contact tracers are working around the clock, but the virus is spreading. You have PPE, you have…