SOCIETY

Specialists in medicine, psychology, psychiatry, have investigated child abuse; But, the problem is still there. And we need to talk about it more emphatically. Draw. Make it visible. Report. Corner it

Throughout history there has been an exchange between madness and reason where the language of psychiatry has prevailed, which became a kind of monologue of reason about madness

Antonio López Sánchez brings to the fore the change, the return, that money that he often owes when paying for a purchase, and that for a long time is a source of debate and even escarnio

From Samuel Feijóo’s ledger, Cuban Mythology, where countless stories are collected, we offer some of his reflections and a couple of examples of Cuban myths

Cuba needs good teachers. But as the author of this article rightly says, “I hope that all bureaucrats who are linked to education on this earth will just realize that solving our problems is not found in hollow slogans and expressions; it’s about creating, that doesn’t exist, a body of missionary teachers and not docile repeaters.”

With regard to the celebration by some Cubans of the Halloween festival just a few weeks ago, Word New proposes this reflection that, from the social, invites us to think about the need that we have as a people to preserve and rescue our traditions. However, as the author rightly says: “[…] joy, family communion, the right to celebrate whatever we want as long as it does not harm and respect one’s neighbour, are values that a truly humanist project should promote and applaud.”

Based on a work by Robert Campin that portrays Santa Barbara, a reflection is developed on the saints and icons

Wouldn’t our lives be a little better if we really recycled, didn’t mistreat animals, get less dirty, take more care of everything? Who, of what ideology, can be against these noble exhortations?

From the wise and scathing pen of Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring, Word New shares these reflections on the good and misuse of one of humanity’s greatest inventions: the phone.