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Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano Match Lives Up To Top Billing

[ad_1] Its organizers had declared it the largest women’s boxing match in history. At the end of Saturday, surrounded by a deafening, capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano immediately suggested to boxing observers that it was the fight of the year—unqualified. Taylor successfully defended the undisputed lightweight world title with …

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Aid Workers in Ukraine Fight for Delivery of Supplies Despite Lives Lost

[ad_1] On a refreshingly cold day in March, four people set out from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to deliver life-saving medicines, heating devices and food to the besieged residents of Chernihiv in the northeast. Only one survived. During a quick stop on the way, the convoy was hit by Russian bombardment. Two of the four …

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A Low-Cost, Low-Tech Climate Solution that Saves Lives

[ad_1] Bangladesh’s Red Cross representative, Achala Navaratne, said half of the volunteers were women. This is important for gender equality, but also to ensure that women hear from other women. “Early action is the critical factor,” she said. “Having community volunteers from their own community helps.” Bangladesh has long been vulnerable to cyclones forming over …

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How the war turned the lives of climate activists in Russia upside down

[ad_1] Raising climate awareness under an authoritarian government is lonely and dangerous. But Arshak Makichyan, a young activist from Russia, deeply believed in this. For years, he stood alone in Moscow’s squares, carrying banners to protest climate inaction, speaking at conferences and building a social media following. He was detained several times by the police. …

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Tomás Saraceno: After Spiders’ Lives in the Air

[ad_1] The Shed has done everything for the multi-tasking Tomás Saraceno by giving three of its four public spaces, or nearly 28,000 square feet, to Tomás Saraceno, a visionary Argentine artist and environmentalist celebrity who is among the world’s greatest spider whisperers. And Saraceno seems to have responded to the favor by conducting a high-minded, …

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