The United States Institute of Peace Headquarters – CC BY-SA 3.0 Just when you think you’ve won against Donald Trump, just when you think the courts are on your side, he finds ways to place incompetent cronies in important positions. The battle surrounding the...
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“And Did Those Feet:” William Blake in Bradford
William Blake, Preface to Milton, a Prophesy, “Jerusalem,” c. 1811. British Library. The way to Bradford It’s unusual to receive a lecture invitation in which the title as well as the subject is given in advance. But I was glad to be invited by the Bradford Literary...
No Peace at the U.S. Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace Headquarters – CC BY-SA 3.0 Just when you think you’ve won against Donald Trump, just when you think the courts are on your side, he finds ways to place incompetent cronies in important positions. The battle surrounding the...
The Price of Justice: When Liberty Becomes a Bribe
Photo by Philippe Oursel When prosecutors can offer liberty in exchange for cooperation, justice becomes a commodity — sold to the highest bidder — rather than pursued for truth. After being abducted and unlawfully renditioned to an El Salvadoran gulag by the US...
Massive Ocean Regime Shift, Alarming
This figure shows changes in heat content of the top 700 meters of the world’s oceans between 1955 and 2023 (US EPA) A new study published in ScienceDaily claims severe ocean overheating may be causing a fundamental climate shift. Ocean heatwaves over the past couple...
Why Assisted Care Facilities are in Crisis
Photo by Gert Stockmans A deadly fire at Gabriel House, an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, claimed 10 lives this July. In the aftermath, horrific scenes emerged of elderly residents trapped inside smoke-filled rooms and hanging out of windows,...
Democracia: em defesa da escolha por sorteio
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Condoning Wrongdoing
Gia Ruiz America voted against itself. The post Condoning Wrongdoing appeared first on The Nation.
Canada’s Complicity Laid Bare
We will not have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza, period. — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, March 20 2024 It was a cynical lie. Now we have the evidence. A damning new report from the Arms Embargo Now coalition traces hundreds of shipments of...
China’s Path from Desolation to Modernisation
In 1954, Mao Zedong said, ‘We cannot deny that we are still unable to produce motor cars. We are still very far away from being industrialised’. Mao was speaking to an audience of Chinese industrialists and merchants at a time when the country was desperately poor,...
Muface: la elección de la sanidad pública, la primera opción de los funcionados por primera vez en la historia
La sanidad pública es la primera entidad en número de titulares (417.928), superando a Adeslas (416.692) y Asisa (306.559). Desde el sindicato Stem destacan que la pública acumula un 52,1% de los cambios de entidad.Temas: Actualidad, Sanidad, Sanidad pública, Sanidad...
Vergine
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