Daily Archives: 06/17/2020


Virtual Global Pride Event to Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Community

In place of crowded and festive in-person parades and celebrations, national pride networks have organized a virtual 24-hour international FILE – People attend the annual Pride in London parade, in London, Britain, July 6, 2019.For Oliva, Global Pride will be …


Solar Obiter Spacecraft Makes Closest Approach to Sun So Far

The joint Europe and U.S. Solar Orbiter spacecraft has made its first close approach to the Sun, getting as close as 77 million kilometers and taking the closest images of the sun ever captured.The collaboration between the the U.S. space …


Netflix CEO to Donate $120M to Historically Black Colleges

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, are donating $120 million toward student scholarships at historically black colleges and universities.   The couple is giving $40 million to each of three institutions: the United Negro College Fund, Spelman …


Padma Lakshmi Gets Political With Series Cheering Immigrants

Padma Lakshmi has watched in anger as some politicians denigrate immigrants. She’s been left seething as newcomers are discriminated against or targeted.  So she has responded with something she knows quite a lot about: food. Specifically, immigrant food: burritos, dosas, …


COVID-19 Vs Climate Change

COVID lockdowns are clearing the air around the world, but the emissions reductions may only be temporary. …


NY Governor Approves Plan to Proceed with US Open in August

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced the U.S. Open tennis tournament is on schedule to be held this year in Queens, N.Y. from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13 without spectators due to health concerns associated with the coronavirus.  Cuomo said the United States …