Tag: Environmentalism
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Amnesty Confirms What It’s Plain to See: Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Continues “The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal. But while Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled.…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Dr. Robert D. Bullard
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the American academic, sociologist, veteran, and activist Dr.…
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American Horror Story
It’s spooky season, and the United States is as scary as ever. There are ICE raids on civilian dwellings. There are billions of tax dollars going to fund multiple genocides across the globe. AI slop videos are flooding social media, further disrupting reality, and millions of Americans are facing hunger because of an inept and…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Brazil and Peru are failing uncontacted peoples – and the Amazon’s future is at stake Indigenous peoples have resisted this hypocrisy because, for us, these forests are life itself. Many of our people have died in this struggle but we’ll keep fighting. We call on the Brazilian and Peruvian governments to stop playing both sides,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
From Madagascar to Morocco: Gen Z protests shake Africa “I joined the protests because enough is enough. We’ve lost our most basic rights, corruption is everywhere, injustice is everywhere, public services are collapsing,” she says. “In my house for instance we haven’t had running water for six years, and yet we’re still paying the bills.”…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
What we know about the hanging deaths of two men in Mississippi Investigations into both deaths are ongoing. Rumors and speculation about the incidents have spread on social media, likely fueled by Mississippi’s painful history of racist violence in the Jim Crow era, The Associated Press reports. #DeltaStateUniversity #Mississippi #BlackLivesMatter #RacismInAmerica Thirsty and starving, Gazans face…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work? Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia. They’re home to species like western chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, valuable stands of hardwood — and hundreds of thousands of people. Despite years of logging reforms backed by foreign aid, Liberia lost…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US-led mediators ‘appalled’ by humanitarian crisis in war-torn Sudan The plea for Sudan comes as the US faces global criticism for its support of Israel in the genocidal war on Gaza, which is also facing an Israeli-induced famine. #SudanWar #sudan_war_updates #GazaGenocide #Famine How the US army is using influencers to recruit a new generation: ‘Promise…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
How much aid has made it into Gaza since Israel said it was easing restrictions? Last Sunday, GHF distributed around 1 million meals and at least another 1.2 million from Monday to Wednesday, and 1.3 million on Thursday. GHF did not appear to publish the number of meals distributed on Friday, but on Saturday said…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Words won’t save Gaza – The West must stop enabling Israel’s war Firstly, the UK and its allies must immediately suspend all arms exports and related components to Israel. Current UK measures – suspending just 10 percent of arms licences – are grotesquely inadequate. If the foreign secretary can describe the atrocities being committed by…
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