Much Needed Pressure Mounts on Israel to End Genocide in Gaza–Confronting America’s Complicity Remains Challenge
Writing in the LA Times, the American surgeon and volunteer doctor Irfan Galaria described working in Gaza during the…
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Organization’s ’25 Most Wanted’ is Leading to a Species Rediscovered Every 6 Months
Years ago, a group of conservation scientists calling themselves Re:wild put out a wanted list. Dead or alive, they’re…
BRICS Summit 2023: BRICS Gold-Backed Currency Decision Delayed–6 New Members Invited to Join
In the lead-up to the 15th annual BRICS summit, it’s been suggested that a multinational trade currency pegged to…
BRICS Summit 2023: Bloc Keen on Welcoming New Members—Who and How Remain Open Questions
Kicking off on Tuesday in Johannesburg, the 15th Annual BRICS Summit will hopefully put the answers to a lot…
Nations Begin Demanding the Release of Julian Assange
For years, activists and journalists have demanded the release of Julian Assange, detained without charge since 2019 in the…
4/24 End of the Empire: France, Brazil, China, Come Together For a Multipolar World
End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
US Increasingly In the Cold on Venezuela—Supporting a Government Several Governments Ago
The united opposition political parties in Venezuela, through the unicameral legislature called the National Assembly, decided to end the…
First Ever Evidence of Male Jaguars Teaming Up—Sometimes For Years—Offers Key Indicator of Conservation
If asked which big cats lived in groups, most people would at least say lions, and at most perhaps…
Biden Botches Summit of the Americas Amid Boycott by Heads of State
PICTURED: Gov. Gavin Newsom greets President Biden at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday before the start of the…
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Gets a Chance at A Fresh Start Through Restoration
PICTURED: Trilha da Figueira Nature Reserve in Brazil’s Paraná state. PC: João P. Burini. CC 4.0. The oft-ignored middle-child…
Apparent Sacrificing of Secondary Forests is Saving Virgin Ones
PICTURED: A slash and burn agriculture landscape in the Amazon. PC: Matt Zimmerman. CC 2.0. Year over year increases…
1,470 Jaguars Killed or Displaced by Fires and Deforestation Since 2016
Story at a glance… These 1,500 jaguars have been killed or displaced, amounts to 2% of the global population.…
Natural Regeneration is Much More Biodiverse and Cheaper Than Mass Tree Planting
Story at a glance… Reforestation is key to fighting the effects of climate change, yet not all strategies of…
As Venezuela Rages, Brazil’s President Commemorates Another U.S. Backed Coup D’état
Minas Gerais, Brazil, March 31st 1964. Authorities from the civilian government and military personnel are in a state of…