Category: Environment
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary The city of Hiroshima in western Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack on Thursday. Three days after its Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World…
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How Dare You

A Twitter Karen’s Letter to all progressives, leftists, and Bernard Brothers Dear Bernard Brothers, My name is Karen, and I’m so annoyed with you coming in my mentions challenging my political beliefs. I told you, I’d be at brunch if Hillary Clinton were the POTUS. We have to fall in line and get behind Biden.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Rare ‘glacier bears’ with bluish fur may face grim future Yet as climate change melts the glaciers that have kept the animals cut off from each other, it’s more likely that bears will begin to mix once more, diluting the glacier bears’ genes, Garshelis says. So it’s possible that the glacier bear, like Alaska’s glaciers, may…
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The Evolved Person of the Week: Oluchi Omeoga

Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s first-ever “Evolved Person of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the activist, organizer, and co-founder of…
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Another World is Possible

We The People There is a critique that I am a burned “Bernie Bro.” I assure you, I am not. Bernie is a politician, and politicians should be seen as a means to an end. Not someone to hero-worship either on the “so-called” left or right. I still contend that the policies put forth by…
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Magic Negro, No More

The Magical Negro has been a literary and film staple for decades. The Magical Negro can be described as a black person who in film, t.v., or literature has overt magical powers or sage wisdom to save white folks from a particular dilemma: These powers are used to save and transform disheveled, uncultured, lost, or…
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American Uprising

On Our Own The year 2020 continues to be a time where the world is on fire both figuratively and literally. You’d be silly to think it wasn’t. In the United States, people have finally realized that ‘we the people’ are on our own. No saviors are coming to make everything better. I’m sure the…
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The Week in Stories Across the Globe

‘A Disgusting Display’: Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Stun Grenades, and Tear Gas at Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd “Firing them is a good start, but we want to see justice for our family. We want to see them charged. We want to have them arrested,” said Tera Brown, Floyd’s cousin. “What they did was…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus “The government is removing very young children to no one,” Cubas said. “But our courts are in a state of emergency. Our media is COVID-19 all the time. We don’t even have congressional hearings right now in full force. There is less scrutiny.” #Trump #Deportations #Mexico #LatinAmerica…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

‘Dengue kills too’: Latin America faces two epidemics at once As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. #LatinAmerica #Dengue #COVID #Ecuador Hong Kong parliament in chaos as politicians fight for chair “Deadlock in a legislature often is part of a healthy democracy as…