16 Jan, 2023
Collateral Damage and Other Slippery Slopes
Collateral Damage and Other Slippery Slopes by Derek Royden 480 words The beginning of the war on terror at the...
16 Jan, 2023
25 Nov, 2022
Lula Da Silva’s election is a victory for the world
On October 30th, Brazilians voted in a presidential runoff election that was won by Luiz ‘Lula’ Ignacio Da Silva. It was a victory by the narrowest of margins, although in fairness, the president elect’s opponent had the clear support of the federal highway patrol, which reportedly set hundreds of roadblocks in areas of the country that had supported the former president in the first round of voting.
25 Oct, 2022
In Iran, the revolution is being feminized
Mahsa Amini, who was preparing to go to university with the goal of becoming a doctor, was taken into custody on Sept. 13 in Tehran by Iranian ‘morality police’. Her crime? Wearing a hijab they deemed “inappropriate."
3 Oct, 2022
After the deluge
In 1988 climatologist James Hansen announced, "Global warming has arrived."
11 Aug, 2022
Unworthy victims?
The invasion of Ukraine and the war that it initiated led to widespread coverage of the struggles of ordinary people in a zone of conflict that’s surprisingly rare.
9 Jun, 2022
Amid the carnage in Ukraine, it’s time for world leaders to rethink their priorities
According to a study by a number of organizations called Ceres 2020, which was backed by the government of Germany, world hunger could mostly be ended by 2030 for $330 billion...
24 Oct, 2016
The Tragedy in Yeme
“Imagine if the Islamic Republic of Iran, complaining that its regional rival Saudi Arabia was meddling in a neighbor’s politics...