Category: Climate
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Three community kitchen workers among eight killed by Israel in Gaza “This occurs amid an unjustified international silence and inaction that emboldens the occupation to continue its massacres, in blatant disregard for all international values, norms, and laws,” said the armed group’s statement. #Gaza #WarInGaza #FREEPALESTİNE #Israël Paraguay expanded a reserve in the Gran Chaco.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Ecuador starts fracking in Amazon rainforest The government of President Daniel Noboa has promised more funds for oil exploration and infrastructure and to attract greater foreign oil investments. At the same time, his government’s push to expand oil exploration, particularly in the Amazon, has alarmed environmentalists and Indigenous leaders. #Ecuador #Fracking #Oil #amazon You’d better start paying…
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It’s all Made Up
In my twenties, I was idealistic. I firmly believed our generation could create real change through advocacy and direct service. As an anti-war protester, an Occupy Wall Street organizer, a soup kitchen volunteer, a food deliverer to the elderly, and a social worker, I saw the value of collective action. Now, as I reflect on…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Beirut is bursting as over 1 million people flee Israeli strikes and evacuation orders The government has converted hundreds of public schools into shelters and pitched tents for displaced families beneath the bleachers of the city’s main sports stadium. Charities have scrambled to help, with one refashioning an abandoned slaughterhouse destroyed in Beirut’s 2020 port explosion into…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US to send another 10,000 ground troops to Middle East, as war with Iran escalates The bombing campaign, now in its 28th day, has killed thousands of Iranian civilians. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has documented at least 1,500 civilian deaths, including 217 children. The Washington Post reported Thursday that nearly 1,500 Iranian civilians have…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The American dream meant upward mobility. Now, it means stability. A Pew Research survey found 53% of Americans said the dream was still possible in 2024. Another 41% said the dream was once attainable but isn’t anymore, and 6% said it was never possible. Though only a small share of Americans overall felt the dream was never real, at 11%,…
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War Ain’t Green
Big Green and the Cost of War In a 2021 article, I stated that, “Earth is the only home we have, and we should treat it and each other much better.” Berkeley Earth, a California-based nonprofit research organization, concluded that 2025 was the third-warmest year on Earth since 1850. Only 2024 and 2023 exceeded it.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump and Hegseth launch “total war” against Iran At the same time, the Trump administration confronts an escalating political crisis at home, intensified by the Epstein revelations, which have ripped away any remaining veil from the operations of a criminal oligarchy. A government mired in crimes and threatened by growing popular anger responds as such…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
In rare honor, Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in state at South Carolina State House South Carolina is preparing to honor native son and civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson. On Monday, March 2, Jackson’s body will lie in state inside the South Carolina State House rotunda — an extremely rare honor, especially for someone who was…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
No fuel, no tourists, no cash – this was the week the Cuban crisis got real “My mother is going crazy with this cooking on charcoal,” said a woman in the rural mid-Cuban town of Sancti Spíritus, who then asked to remain anonymous because otherwise she would have to “make a will to bequeath the…
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