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Vulnerable Renters Are Fearful as Emergency Housing Vouchers Wind Down Pandemic

Vulnerable Renters Are Fearful as Emergency Housing Vouchers Wind Down

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  When 28-year-old Brianna Beadle finally secured an Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) in 2022, the single mother of five exhaled for the first time in years. After she’d been bouncing between a domestic violence shelter, short-term hotels,…
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October 18, 2025
“We chose accessibility over sophistication, every time”: Day 1-1000 of Crop2Cash Pandemic

“We chose accessibility over sophistication, every time”: Day 1-1000 of Crop2Cash

Crop2Cash began with an ambitious goal: to end hunger by helping smallholder farmers access loans. But the journey from that goal to a functional business was much harder than its founders thought. They built the wrong products, lost almost everything during the COVID-19 pandemic, and had to slowly earn the…
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October 18, 2025
Our research shows COVID-19 made people appreciate street cleaners more – but it also made their lives harder Pandemic

Our research shows COVID-19 made people appreciate street cleaners more – but it also made their lives harder

In the early days of the pandemic, “solidarity” became a buzzword. As COVID-19 appeared to directly threaten us all, the UK celebrated its key workers who were keeping the country running. This idea ran through discussions on TV and on social media. The Clap for Our Carers movement had people…
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October 17, 2025
Big AAA Publishers Need To Make Smaller Games Too, Ex-God Of War Dev Says Pandemic

Big AAA Publishers Need To Make Smaller Games Too, Ex-God Of War Dev Says

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. A former God of War producer is raising the alarm on AAA development, saying that big-name publishers like Activision and Sony need to diversify their offerings more as there are great opportunities…
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October 17, 2025
Ghana pushes for homegrown medical devices at Medical Innovation Expo 2025 Pandemic

Ghana pushes for homegrown medical devices at Medical Innovation Expo 2025

After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed Africa’s heavy reliance on imported medical supplies, Ghana’s academic and scientific communities are taking bold steps toward self-reliance. At the Medical Innovation Expo 2025 held at the Academic City University in Accra, innovators, researchers, and students unveiled devices designed and built locally, proving that the…
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October 16, 2025
Tanzania Launches Pandemic Fund Project to Strengthen Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Pandemic

Tanzania Launches Pandemic Fund Project to Strengthen Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Mwanza, Tanzania – The President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania  in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), today officially…
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October 15, 2025