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Oscar Arias and Jonathan Granoff in The Hill: The world is as close to the nuclear abyss today as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, contemporary nuclear
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Noam Maggor in the European Review of Books: Saint Domingue was the crown jewel of the French empire in the Caribbean when its slaves rebelled in 1791. They formed the
Continue readingDispatches From a World on Fire: Time? For? Socialism?
Christopher J. Ferguson in Quillette: Modern politics has always been replete with issues about which people feel passionate, sometimes aggressively so. But the culture wars currently raging in the US,
Continue readingStop Sharing Political Memes. They are a Doorway into Stupidity and Misery.
“Recent rulings have heightened concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court is too powerful — and unaccountable in a way that harms its legitimacy.” Having citizens’ assemblies review Supreme Court decisions
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by Sarah Firisen at 3QuarksDaily: I recently started a new job. The process of looking and interviewing for this job was unlike any other I’ve been through because I now
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A SYMPOSIUM OF VIEWS: To what extent will the war in Ukraine, and the overwhelming global support for debilitating economic sanctions against Russia, lead to, first, a further decline in
July 14 is Bastille Day—an occasion to heed the echoes of 1789 in 2022 By Cathy Young at The Bulwark: An ineffectual and unpopular leader; a country beset by economic
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“…food production must once again be an issue of sustainability, taking care of the earth and the human right to food must be an inalienable right.” – Dr. Vandana Shiva
Continue readingThe REAL CAUSE of WORLD HUNGER: ‘Food Exported to Richer Countries’ (Video)
The systems that harm animals go hand in hand with systems that harm humans. Combating them requires inter-species solidarity. Alice Crary and Lori Gruen in the Boston Review: Today it
When looking to other creatures for signs of intelligence, insects are rarely the most obvious candidates, but as the historian Thomas Moynihan writes, it wasn’t always so. Thomas Moynihan in Science:
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Pamela Appea in Salon: Apparently, humans aren’t the only animals going keto. The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), one of the most common pests in the world, is evolving to have a glucose-free diet.
Continue readingCockroaches are Evolving to Prefer Low-Sugar Diets
Russia’s defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of