NEED TO KNOW A Frightful Old Year WORLD Fear was the watchword of 2021. People feared the coronavirus. In Africa, where the […]

NEED TO KNOW Much Ado About Something CANADA School officials forced third-grade teacher Fatemeh Anvari out of her classroom at Chelsea Elementary […]

NEED TO KNOW Upstaging Ghosts CHILE If the legacy of General Augusto Pinochet’s cruel rule haunted Chile for years, the ghost of […]

NEED TO KNOW Promoting Parenthood WORLD Most wealthy countries offer nationwide paid parental leave. Estonia, for example, mandates 82 weeks for new […]

NEED TO KNOW Standing Tall BARBADOS It’s often forgotten that Queen Elizabeth is the head of state of many former British colonies […]

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NEED TO KNOW Eyes Wide Open CHILE Fabiola Campillai was walking to work in 2019 when Chilean security forces fired a tear […]

NEED TO KNOW Voting With Feet ARGENTINA Argentine President Alberto Fernández unveiled big spending plans on social welfare programs and other benefits […]

NEED TO KNOW When Might Is Right NICARAGUA Nicaraguan law enforcement recently arrested two prominent businessmen on charges of “money laundering, acts […]

NEED TO KNOW Life and Death COLOMBIA Suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Martha Sepúlveda opted to die. She scheduled the procedure […]

NEED TO KNOW Hostage Diplomacy CANADA Recently a plane from China carrying Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor arrived in Calgary. At […]

NEED TO KNOW Death of a Salesman PERU Peru will cremate the remains of Abimael Guzmán, the founder of the Shining Path […]

NEED TO KNOW When Faith is All That’s Left VENEZUELA As public services crumble in their authoritarian, socialist country, desperate Venezuelans are […]

NEED TO KNOW ARGENTINA Capybaras at the Gate Giant rodents called capybaras have invaded an affluent gated community to the north of […]

NEED TO KNOW CANADA King of the Mountain When Canadians go to the polls on September 20, they will have had a […]

NEED TO KNOW BOLIVIA Testing the Scales A lot is capturing Bolivians’ attention these days. Wildfires are raging through the forests. Cases […]

NEED TO KNOW HAITI A Country Named Despair In July, the president of Haiti was assassinated. In mid-August, an earthquake in the […]

NEED TO KNOW EL SALVADOR The Crypto Fiat Bitcoin has fascinated and frightened investors who love to watch its value rise (one […]

NEED TO KNOW PERU Hats, White and Black Peruvians living in the Andean town of Niño Jesús de Huarapite feel as if […]

NEED TO KNOW CUBA Patria y vida Food shortages and price spikes were the initial motivations for the anti-government demonstrations now rocking […]

NEED TO KNOW CANADA The Heat’s On Cherries roasting on trees, crops baking in fields, mussels being boiled alive in the ocean […]

NEED TO KNOW HAITI The Plot to Nowhere The alleged conspirators who plotted the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse met repeatedly […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Cats and Dogs The experiences of our cats and dogs are windows into how humans suffered and endured […]