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Women in military and government posts: Where are we now?
By Brooke Faulkner The 2018 midterm election ushered in a new page for U.S. government: More women now hold a…
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Saving the future
By John Scales Avery Only immediate climate action can save the future. If we don’t take action, the collapse of…
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When will U.S. healthcare catch up with the rest of the developed world?
By Brooke Faulkner In the United States, private insurance companies, for-profit healthcare companies, pharmaceutical companies, and low government funding make…
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Human beings are destroying life on earth but deluding ourselves that we are not
By Robert J. Burrowes It is easy to identify the ongoing and endless violence being inflicted on life on Earth. This…
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Human delusion and our destruction of the biosphere: we aren’t even trying!
By Robert J. Burrowes Have you heard the expression ‘climate change’? That lovely expression that suggests a holiday in a place…
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The importance of alternative media
By John Scales Avery The superficiality of today’s television Social critic Neil Postman contrasted the futures predicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four and…
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October 10: The death penalty and human dignity
By Rene Wadlow 10 October is the International Day Against the Death Penalty. Since the end of World War II,…
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Gandhi’s despair and the struggle for truth and love
By Robert J. Burrowes ‘When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always…
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Assam: Preventive diplomacy needed to protect Bengali-speaking Muslims
By Rene Wadlow Potentially, the people of Assam, northeast India, are sitting atop of a smoldering volcano that threatens to…
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Strategy and conscience: Subverting elite power so we end human violence
By Robert J. Burrowes Given the overwhelming evidence that activist efforts are failing to halt the accelerating rush to extinction precipitated…
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