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Trump’s Threats and Alliance Realities
Trump’s Threats and Alliance Realities by Mel Gurtov 904 words As global crises descend around him, Donald Trump seems increasingly incapable of a rational response. He rants and rails, threatens and indulges in delusions—and then retreats to one or the other of his vanity projects. This is not a president in control of himself or…
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We can’t stop earthquakes. We can save lives.
by George Cassidy Payne 970 words There is a particular sound that belongs to earthquakes: people calling into the ruins. A mother calling for a child. A rescuer shouting for silence. A dog barking somewhere beneath the concrete. Then, sometimes, the sound everyone has been waiting for—a cry, a breath, a whisper. Someone is alive.…
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World Hunger and starvation have reached a crisis level
by Lawrence S. Wittner 978 words Starvation is a particularly cruel and horrible way to die. Beginning with intense hunger and pain and followed by exhaustion and mental deterioration, starvation continues with the body gradually consuming its own tissues on a downward spiral toward death. The major safeguard against mass starvation around the globe is the World…