Shitting Outside a Big Problem in India Despite $30 Billion Spent on Clean India

India spent $30 billion to fix its broken sanitation. It has reportedly ended up with more problems. The Swachh Bharat mission, launched in 2014, was an ambitious effort to stop open defecation. It’s far from reaching that goal. There’s not enough of toilets. That means hundreds of millions of people in the country of 1.3Continue reading “Shitting Outside a Big Problem in India Despite $30 Billion Spent on Clean India”

Moroccans Protest Against Deal With Israel ‘Imposed From Above’

Protesters on Tuesday gathered in Casablanca to protest their country’s normalization with Israel a day after Moroccan authorities (on Monday) dispersed protesters outside the parliament building in capital Rabat. Activists say decision to curb demonstration aimed at showing solidarity with Palestinians shows that deal with Israel is being imposed from above. The first Israeli commercialContinue reading “Moroccans Protest Against Deal With Israel ‘Imposed From Above’”

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: What Will the World Look Like in 30 Years?

Planes spray sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere in The Ministry for the Future, as an international taskforce tackles global heating in this chilling yet hopeful vision of how the next few decades might unfold. Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world’s future generations and to protectContinue reading “The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: What Will the World Look Like in 30 Years?”