Category: Environment
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
South America’s ‘lithium fields’ reveal the dark side of our electric future Any type of resource extraction is harmful to the planet. This is because removing these raw materials can result in soil degradation, water shortages, biodiversity loss, damage to ecosystem functions and an increase in global warming. But when we think of extraction, we…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Siberian tigers are being hunted at night for their body parts To investigate the status of Amur tigers in Russia, Skidmore made two trips to Primorye, in 2019 and 2020, totaling five months. She interviewed more than a hundred hunters and 12 buyers of tiger parts. The talks ranged from 30-minute chats to “multiple-day informal…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Japan sees meter-high waves and tsunami warning after massive Tonga eruption Pacific nations and humanitarian groups struggled to establish communications with Tonga on Sunday after the volcanic eruption triggered-tsunami cut telephone and internet connections, raising concerns for the tiny island nation. #volcano #tsunami #Japan #Tonga Biden says any Russian troop movement into Ukraine will be seen as an…
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The Rona Blues 2.0
New Year, Same Damn Pandemic We might think that COVID19 is destroying the way we live across the globe. Still, the pandemic has not been halted in the name of keeping the economy going. Big Pharma has refused to share the vaccine formula with developing nations to stop the spread. All in the name of…
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Happy New Year, COVID19!
It’s Fucking New Year’s! It’s almost 2022. There are no hoverboards (no, not the ones that blow up!), A.I. robots, or flying cars. Instead, we are entering year three of the COVID19 pandemic. Since this thing started, we’ve lost 800k Americans, and the unofficial death toll may be much higher. We’ve lost millions of people…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
In Iraq, Christmas is becoming many Muslims’ favorite new holiday Christmas has been classified as a holiday in Iraq since 2018, but that designation was up for annual renewal. Now it’s permanent. This is relatively unusual in the Middle East. While they may celebrate Christmas in some way, only four other nations out of 20…
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Random Thoughts on Black Men: Part III
In 2017, I wrote a couple of pieces titled “Random Thoughts on Black Men.” In those articles, I questioned why some brothas fear dogs, why some brothas wear socks with sandals, some brothas feel the need to Hotep, or our colorism towards darker-skinned black women. I’m revisiting these thoughts once again. Today, I will give three random thoughts on…
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The O.G. Files: Dr. Moogega Cooper
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s latest edition of the O. G. profiles. The O.G. profiles will highlight women from diverse backgrounds and how they embody the values of being an evolved person. While uplifting their contributions to a fairer, more just society. Today, we will profile Dr. Moogega Cooper. Dr. Cooper is an American astronomer and…
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The Week in Stories Across the Globe
Afghan central bank moves to stabilise collapsing currency The abrupt withdrawal of foreign aid following the Taliban victory in August has left Afghanistan’s fragile economy on the brink of collapse, with prices for food, fuel and other basic staples rising rapidly out of reach for many. #afghanistan #banking #AfghanistanCrisis Feds bust ‘modern-day slavery’ ring amid new immigration enforcement…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Is President Xi Jinping undoing capitalism in China? In the last 40 years, China has become the only global economy to rival the U.S. But President Xi Jinping is cracking down on some of the private sectors, companies and individuals that led to the country’s prosperity. Lesley Stahl reports. #XiJinping #China #capitalism #Asia AWS appears to be down,…
