Jonathan Fanton
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Jonathan Fanton
@jonathanfanton
President Emeritus of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (@americanacad); former President of the MacArthur Foundation + the New School
Katılım Mart 2009
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I will be talking about the extreme threat posed by Putin and Russia in Ukraine at 545 (UK time) this evening @SkyNews - (and a little about the Prime-Minister)
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If leaders in rich countries can't do the light lifting needed to vaccinate poorer countries (easily explained as in the self-interest of rich countries), there seems little chance they'll be able to do the heavy lifting needed to meet even minimal climate change commitments.
The New York Times@nytimes
A global coronavirus vaccination program called Covax was supposed to help poor countries get vaccines as quickly as the rich. It hasn’t worked out that way, even as the Delta variant overruns the world. nyti.ms/3ynouZ1
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@wrmcouncil is World Refugee and Migration Council, an important new organization with which I work. Follow them to learn more
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The Academy was thrilled to have new Member @NickKristof join us for a conversation in New York City recently, right before he left for Yemen and wrote this remarkable article.
Nicholas Kristof@NickKristof
ICYMI my Sunday column from Yemen: "Your Tax Dollars Help Starve Children." I tell the story of kids including Yaqoob, 8, photographed here by @gcwingman. This is starvation caused not by drought but by Saudi/UAE/US policy nyti.ms/2G5fkK4
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The American Academy is thrilled and honored to welcome its new President, @PresOxtoby! Dr. David Oxtoby (@pomonacollege ) will, in the years ahead, help the Academy to fulfill its mission of advancing the common good.
ow.ly/lDf030mQMa5

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