Category: Environment
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Anthony Clark

Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to a fellow Chicago native, teacher, Air Force…
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Waging Peace

The Military-Industrial Complex “This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet, we must not…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Two newlywed Iranian Canadian couples among those killed in crash The couple, Siavash Ghafouri-Azar and Sara Mamani, was one of at least two pairs of newlyweds on board a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner when it went down shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport early Wednesday, killing all 167 passengers and nine crew members.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Meet the Intellectual Founder of Brazil’s Far Right It was not the first time that Bolsonaro had publicly honored Olavo. In his first speech to the nation after his election, the former army captain placed four books on his desk: the Bible, Brazil’s constitution, Winston Churchill’s Memoirs of the Second World War, and a book by…
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A Decade of Reflection

Auld Lang Syne Four short years ago, I started the Evolving Man Project. To my delight and surprise, it’s grown tremendously since I published my first ever blog post. The year two thousand and nineteen has been our best year. I look forward to what the new year and decade will bring us. As I…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Denmark’s Shameful Ghetto Plan The ghetto plan also functions as a tool to advance a process of undermining public housing and “improving the business climate” for private landlords. The blatant racism of the ghetto plan is obfuscating the parallel, if not overriding, function of the legislation — namely to privatize public housing in a country…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

After the Obama disappointment, black voters want more than empty symbolism This familiarity may be enough for some black people. Her incremental reforms for black households could have been useful. Her messaging about black issues – such as segregation and voter suppression – was well-timed in debates that focus very little on them. But in…
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Surviving R. Kelly by Leaving Neverland

How the Sinner Preys Last week, I sat through two of the year’s most shocking and controversial documentaries: Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly and HBO’s Leaving Neverland. Both documentaries dive into the dark and twisted worlds of sexual abuse, child abuse, and how fame and wealth can allow one to almost get away with the unthinkable.…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Ismael Essome Ebone

Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to Chief Executive Officer and Director of Operations…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe

Colombian Unions, Students Plan Strike, Marches; Government Warns Against Violence Colombian unions and student groups are planning a strike on Thursday, with marches to insist the government maintain minimum wages for young people and the universal right to a pension. #Revolution #Colombia #Protest #Politics Debt Is Holding Black Americans Hostage Slavery and its aftermath continue to hurt…