Category: Activism
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War: We’re Killing Each Other and the Planet

The U.S. Department of Defense is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. And it is also one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels. If the U.S. Military was a nation, it would be #47 in the world for being an emitter. The DOD is also a mass consumer of resources; in the…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Facebook, WhatsApp outage an annoyance for U.S., but a big deal in rest of the world The unprecedented outage came as Facebook is facing a growing barrage of issues, including damaging revelations from an ex-employee who accused the company of “choosing profit over public safety.” #Facebook #facebookdown #LatinAmerica #india Malaria vaccine a ‘breakthrough for science’, WHO chief says “This…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

‘Overwhelmed by old challenges’, Caribbean leaders say COVID-19 has forced a new battle for the survival of their nations Caribbean island nations are under assault from the coronavirus pandemic even as they try to protect their communities from rising seas and raging storms, regional leaders said Saturday at the UN, where they called for bold…






