Category: Environment
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The free press is in really bad shape around the world. A new report says populism is to blame. A key explanation for this is the rise of populism around the world, the report’s authors say. They write, “discrediting the media is the preferred weapon of those who are ‘anti-system.’ ” So outsider candidates such…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Jon Jackson
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 New Jersey native, former Army Ranger, veteran,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
As the Maldives Gains Tourists, It’s Losing Its Beaches “We’re losing a nationality, an identity, a cultural history, a language, a script,” he added. “We’re losing the beaches. We’re losing the coconut palms. We’re losing everything.” #Maldives #ClimateChange #International#Island Ethiopia extends state of emergency by four month “Opposition parties complain that the emergency is being…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
South Sudan in Crisis as Famine Ravages World’s Newest Country “This famine is man-made,”said Joyce Luma, head of the World Food Program in South Sudan. “There is only so much that humanitarian assistance can achieve in the absence of meaningful peace and security.” #SouthSudan#Africa#Famine#HumanRights 24 Arrested After Protests Sparked in Anaheim by Videotaped Struggle…
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We’re All Niggas Now
AMERICAN HISTORY X This Nation’s foundation was built on shaky ground. From the massive land grab from indigenous peoples to the enslavement of Africa people to women being seen as only baby making machines, America hasn’t been so great for everybody. The creation of a racial caste system meant that we would be separated (based…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
TrumpBeat: There Is No Pivot “Donald Trump’s campaign for president was notably light on policy details, which meant no one was sure what he’d do once he took office. Washington insiders debated whether he would govern as the populist bomb thrower he presented during the campaign or morph into a more conventional Republican, in policy…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump’s Mexican Border Wall Would Be an Ecological Disaster “We can predict the damage a Trump wall will cause based on some portions of the border that serve the same purpose now. A menagerie of barbed wire and 18-foot-tall steel fencing is intermittently scattered across 650 miles of the border from California to Texas, part…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Ulysses Diaz, LCSW
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we 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 the activist, social worker, community organizer, educator, and…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump to Order Mexican Border Wall and Curtail Immigration Mr. Trump will sign the executive order for the wall during an appearance at the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, as Mexico’s foreign minister, Luis Videgaray, arrives in Washington to prepare for the visit of President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico. Mr. Peña Nieto…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Barack Obama, Leaving on Top, Meets the Press One Last Time as President “That’s the difference between the man leaving the White House and the one moving into it. The one leaving it may not exactly have united the country, but he tried (and you can make a semi-plausible case that 60 percent approval constitutes…
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