say that americans would be much more outraged about shameful things, like a lack of paid sick leave or lack of paid leave in general, if they were aware that the rest of the western world doesn t have these issues. they don t treat their workers, their citizens, in this way. i mean, the comparison is pretty depressing. the u.s. has the only developed country in the world that does not guarantee workers any paid sick leave. it s not just rail workers who won t be left will sit zilch. which my in my view, is absolutely despicable. that still the case after more than 1 million americans have died during a global pandemic. that still ongoing. have we learned nothing? the u.s. is also the only industrialized country that lacks universal health care, if you get sick, even if you re able to get time off, you might not be able to afford a doctors visit. sorry. americans are also not guaranteed any paid parental leave. i m not just talking about dads, not even mothers either, after giving birt
benefits for things like puberty blockers, cross sex hormones, should only be offered in exceptional cases or the great deal of caution. here in the u.s., you have the new york times put out a big piece recently, airing concerns, health concerns about purity blocking drugs, caused a lot of controversy, a lot of criticism of the times from trans activists and others. despite the pulitzer prize-winning credentials of the reporters. i want to ask you, as someone who covers the media as part of your day job, is there a scope for a, out how to describe it, a science based, but a fact based discussion about the treatment of trans children, about gender affirming care which doesn t immediately descend into isn t that explosive or untouchable issue. how do we have that conversation, i don t know, i don t know the answer so no wonder if you do? sure. i can t say that i have the answer to that. but my thoughts on it, really, are that, when it comes to
they can also refer to self-defense groups or specifically entities. like apcls or chaka. some groups like the frpi are principally defending a stake in a resource like gold, and others are mainly interested in fighting with a particular enemy, in their case, they have a beef with the fdlr. lots of other organizations controlling territory who haven t come up with a name or cool acronym yet. this is only a fraction of the rebel groups in a single area of the congo. be advised this map was hopelessly outdated before we even got here. it s all these variables kind of knotted into one big mess. these are the reasons why media has a difficult time, why the western world doesn t hear much about congo, because how can you sum it up in a three-minute report? but for us, goma is just a stopover on the way to the congo river. so we need to keep moving.
she used to sell fish in the market. the congolese standard, liboke. it can be pretty much anything wrapped in a banana leaf and steamed. typical tradition. excellent meal. a lot of work. though it doesn t look like they are having an entirely miserable time of it, the water looks good. on a good day, how many of these? on a good day, 50. 50? bad they just one basket like this, they have about ten big fish, but the situation changes. the tourists used to come and see how the fishermen catch fish.
specific entities. some groups like the frpi are principally defending a stake in a resource like gold and others are mainly interested in fighting with a particular enemy. in their case, they have a beef with the fdlr. lots of other organizations controlling territory who haven t come up with a name or a cool acronym yet. this is only a fraction of the rebel groups in a single area of the congo. be advised, this map was hopelessly outdated before we even got here. it s all these variables kind of knotted into one big mess. these are the reasons why media has a difficult time, why the western world doesn t hear much about congo, because how can you sum it up in a three-minute port? butors, goma is just a stopover on the way to the congo river. so we need to keep moving. and roads, forget it.