Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr Day
In the United States, racial tensions in 2014 threatened to boil over into widespread unrest and riots. This conflict was the consequence of perceived injustice and inequalities between predominantly white police forces and min...
Neither forgetfulness nor forgiveness
On 24 December 2014, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos expressed his hope that the New Year could bring an end to his country’s 50-year-old internal conflict. The negotiations between the central government and the Revol...
WATCH: Holistic Planned Grazing: Is This the Solution to Climate Change?
Burning fossil fuels isn’t the only way to pour carbon into the atmosphere. In this TED talk, Zimbabwean ecologist Allan Savory explains how desertification – the process of land turning into desert – is an equal if not...
Iran: Will Thieving Officials Also Have Their Hands Chopped Off?
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once again proved his talent for making surprising headlines when he played a video for the parliament on February 3, 2013 implicating his political rivals, some of the country’s lead...
Climate Justice For Indigenous Peoples
Climate change and its heightening impacts have been the center of domestic and international talk for decades. Its irreversible impacts on indigenous communities have both pushed for greater attention from governments and nong...
Daily news Roundup – 5 October 2012
North Africa & Middle East UN Security Council condemn Syrian aggression The UN Security Council has condemned the Syria attack on a Turkish town that killed three children and two women. The attack warranted Turkish Parlia...
