At the head of the Office of the Pilot Plan to Implement the Universal Basic Income, Sergi Raventós and his team are making progress in the design of an experiment that aims to reproduce as closely as possible what life… Redacción Madrid
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Winter Solstice, National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
On 21 June, the day of the winter solstice, the National Day of Indigenous Peoples was celebrated for the second time. Law 21.357 recognises and enshrines in our institutions a tradition of the peoples of the American continent who celebrate… Marcelo Trivelli
PM Hasina’s Speech at the Inauguration of the Padma Bridge
On the 25th of June 2022, Bangladesh inaugurated the Padma Bridge, the country’s most anticipated infrastructure project. The grand ceremony took place at the bridge premises. Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, as guest-of-honor, took the podium at 10:49 AM…...
The Sacred in ancestral cultures of Mesoamerica, a path of reconciliation towards peace in the three Americas
The World Centre for Humanist Studies, and the Centre for Humanist Studies of the Americas, CEHA, based in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and the USA, invites you to the Second International Symposium “The Sacred in the… Centro...
Rakiduamn: the machinery that silences the sound of death
An investigation that exposes the double standards of extractivism, the visual plot that underlies it and the incidence of a “service company” created to erase the criminal traces (ecocidal) that are produced against all forms of life that inhabit nature.… Gustavo...
Social organisations fear massacre of indigenous Kaiowá and Guaraní in Mato Grosso do Sul
Indigenous people are shot down after trying to recover their territory in Mato Grosso do Sul Kaiowá and Guaraní Indians were attacked and wounded by police from the Military Police’s shock battalion this Friday (24) in Mato Grosso do Sul.… Mônica Marins
How little we know about Chile’s history (III)
It has been known that the 1925 Constitution sought to replace the discredited oligarchic parliamentary regime, incorporating the emerging middle sectors into the state apparatus and seeking to implement a model of industrialisation based on import substitution. But...
Sex, Motherhood, and Extinction: The Unique and Extinct Saint Helena Giant Earwig
ENDANGERED/EXTINCT SPECIES/ ESSAY Let’s talk about sex It’s a shame that one can’t observe the courtship ritual of Saint Helena Island’s (SHI) earwig. Because within this bug group, courtship is a surprisingly elaborate affair. First, the male taps and strokes… Mona...
Quartet: Remembering the China Man
PROSE POEM #1.The Turtle Pond Mornings, as a child, I watch him go down the stairs The China man, clad in all white, who lives upstairs. Newspaper in hand, all ready for a day’s work, But, before anything… Karina Lagdameo-Santillan
BT Patrollers: A new brand of volunteerism
In line with the celebration of the Philippine Environment Month this June, environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics revives its volunteer program through the launch of “BT Patrollers.” The Bantay Toxics Patrollers (BT Patrollers) is the new external arm of the… BAN...
From CodePink: Condemning the Supreme Court’s Outrageous Decision
CODEPINK denounces the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and revoke abortion rights for people all over the United States. We also denounce the politicians who failed to protect us from a decision that will have devastating consequences.… Codepink
A View from Breakfast.
In February 2021, I went out to breakfast with a friend of mine whose husband died after a long illness. We refreshed the friendship after years of living, picking up the bittersweet pieces of life’s joys and tragedies with the… j.jill