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David Ropeik

David Ropeik

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David Ropeik is an instructor in the Environmental Management Program of the Harvard Extension School, author of How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts, and a consultant on risk perception and risk communication.

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    Saving the Iran Nuclear Deal

    Josep Borrell

    Five years after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was concluded, it is on life support, following the US's reinstatement of sanctions and Iran's return to enrichment activities. Before two decades of diplomacy are squandered, all parties involved must step back from the precipice.

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    Still No Care for Care Workers

    Jayati Ghosh

    Decades of public neglect and underspending have brought us to the point that even an unprecedented global health emergency and economic collapse are not enough to make mistreatment of low-paid essential workers socially and politically unacceptable. Our applause is no longer enough to keep them keeping us safe.

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