North America

To see the future we want to create, we just have to look outside of our own borders. I hope everyone in the world reads the new book Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe by…

After 49 years of incarceration, 80-year-old Leonard Peltier has been granted clemency. He will be released from jail and complete his sentence in home confinement. Leonard was sentenced to two life sentences for the deaths of two FBI agents in…

As we celebrate the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr., particularly his role in advancing civil rights through nonviolent activism, we are reminded of the ongoing struggle for racial equality and justice. Many people use this day to reflect on…

With the Tiktok ban just days away, American youth have started flooding the Chinese social media app RedNote, pushing it into #1 position on the app store. Labeled “Tiktok refugees” by Chinese netizens, the newcomers have been welcomed by app…

More than 97 million United States residents have been exposed to contaminants in their drinking water that are unregulated and could affect their health, a new analysis by Silent Spring Institute has found. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Hispanic and Black communities have a higher likelihood…

Peering Outside the Disney Media Bubble Over the course of the last three years I’ve been doing a kind of study. Since January of 2022, I’ve been looking not only at Western news from the left, right and center, I’ve…

The sweeping wildfires in Los Angeles are just another horrific manifestation of the rapidly increasing and deadly effects of climate change. Those who deny that there is such a thing as climate change are misguided and can cause further incalculable…

The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, Germany, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in working for a nuclear-free world. The Award laureates are chosen by an international jury of…

Yesterday, the Biden administration removed Cuba from the U.S. the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, marking a major victory for not only the Cuban people, but also for all people of the world who stand for sovereignty, dignity,…

The Mexican government of Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the National Voluntary Disarmament Plan ‘Yes to disarmament, Yes to peace’, a program that aims to get the population to surrender their firearms in exchange for financial compensation. The President, accompanied by…