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Noah Smith’s interview with Ramez Naam, futurist, author, and investor, in Noahpinion: When I want to know what the future is going to be like, I go ask Ramez Naam. Over
Continue readingRamez Naam on how to beat Putin, solve climate change, and build the future
A mere 35 billion US dollars per annum – equivalent to 10 days of military spending – would ensure all children in all countries benefit from social protection, Nobel Laureate
Continue readingIt’s Time To Globalize Compassion: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Some images of abandoned & deserted places, etc. from all over the world:
Colin Grant at Lapham’s Quarterly: Today almost as many Caribbeans reside overseas than live at home. Outward and inward migration from and to the region provides an illuminating case study
Continue readingCircular Migration To and From: ‘Wheel and Come Again’
The world now has many of the tools needed to keep climate change in check, the United Nations’ climate research team reported last month. But humanity will still need to
Continue readingThis is What We Need to Invent to Fight Climate Change
Trevor Quirk in Guernica: For the millions who were enraged, disgusted, and shocked by the Capitol riots of January 6, the enduring object of skepticism has been not so much
Continue readingA Crop of New Books Attempts to Explain the Allure of Conspiracy Theories
Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as “eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers” and reducing, specially through privatization and austerity, state influence
David de Jong in Literary Hub: The invitations, sent by telegram four days earlier, left no doubt. The capital was calling. On Monday, February 20, 1933, at 6 pm, about
Continue readingIn the Room Where German Tycoons Agreed to Fund Hitler’s Rise To Power
Jeremy Corbyn writes in Counterpunch: With Russian shells raining down on Ukrainian cities, an uneasy ceasefire in Yemen, the attack on Palestinians at prayer in Jerusalem, and many other conflicts around
Hypersonic missiles threaten to upend the relative stability of the current era of nuclear weapons. They are not as fast as intercontinental ballistic missiles, but are able to vary their
Continue readingHow Hypersonic Missiles Work and the Unique Threats They Pose
By Mariela Jara in IPS: Women entering the political arena in Peru face multiple obstacles due to gender discrimination that hinders their equal participation, which can even reach the extreme
Continue readingWomen Politicians: Gender Parity Will Not Be Achieved Before 2063
The five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council (UNSC) – UK, US, France, China and Russia – have exercised their veto powers primarily to protect their own national