Author: Erin Elizabeth

In recent years, the English-speaking world has witnessed a sharp rise in racism, xenophobia, and hate crimes against minority groups. By that same token, we’ve also witnessed a corresponding rise in anti-racist organizing meant to counteract those white supremacists who are trying to drag society into an abyss of ethnic, racial, and religious intolerance, discrimination, and violence. Such was the case in Manchester, England, where an anonymous local hero has devised an ingenious method to combat the racist propaganda littering public spaces around the city. The Manc reports that cat stickers have begun appearing over racist posters that were...

A Chinese man is recovering from surgery after his lung collapsed following a 2.5-mile run in Wuhan, the initial epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, while wearing a face mask last week, hospital officials said Monday. In a statement posted to Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, the Wuhan Central Hospital said the 26-year-old suffered chest pain and shortness of breath on Thursday. Upon examination, doctors found his left lung had compressed by 90 percent and his heart was moved to the right side of his body. A collapsed lung, known as a pneumothorax, occurs when air leaks outside the lung.   The patient underwent surgery and was...

In the aftermath of a puppy mill bust, the youngest dogs are often ready for adoption as soon as they’re weaned and given a good scrubbing. But after years of abuse and isolation, the older dogs need far more than a bath. Responding to cruelty cases nationwide, behaviorists at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found themselves overwhelmed with dogs that were literally afraid of their own shadows — they’d never seen them before, because they’d never seen sunlight. These extremely fearful dogs come from what the ASPCA calls impoverished environments. They’ve lived their whole...

Editor’s note: It breaks my heart to write about yet another holistic doctor so young, only 38, dying suddenly, collapsing just after finishing seeing patients for the day while visiting family. Dr Jessica’s Campbell’s  holistic journey which is described on her medical website is a great read at the bottom of the page. We have over 100 doctors in the series now which can be found here. PS it does require an email as thousands of hours have gone into the series, a labor of love and several tv shows made about this series. It might take you a...