Category: equality
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Brazil Rejects G-7’s Offer Of $22 Million To Fight Amazon Fires Brazil says it will reject an offer of at least $22 million from the rich countries in the Group of Seven to help fight fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he doesn’t want the money — unless it comes…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate, research center says Environmental activists and organizations like the World Wildlife Fund warn that if the Amazon reaches a point of no return, the rainforest could become a dry savannah, no longer habitable for much of its wildlife. If this happens, instead of being a source of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

UN WARNING: FOOD IS GOING TO GET REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE Add to that the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which decrease the quality of the food that is produced, and it’s clear we’re headed toward a future in which there’s even less food to go around — meaning the food that is…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Supreme Court Green-Lights Gerrymandering and Blocks Census Citizenship Question In a pair of decisions with vast implications for the American political landscape, the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a victory to Republicans by ruling that federal courts are powerless to hear challenges to extreme partisan gerrymandering but gave a reprieve to Democrats by delaying the Trump administration’s efforts to…





