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Rebecca McKean and I started this program asking why so many U.S. Americans call Mayor Mamdani a “communist” and then explore the humanist idea that we all live in individual “landscapes” that form our perspectives and emotions — and that…

The Facebook page The Other 98% reports on the latest disturbing developments in the standoff between federal authorities and Minneapolis citizens: the Pentagon announces that it is ready to send 1,500 soldiers “in case violence in the State of Minnesota escalates”.…

The Facebook page The Other 98% tells how the freezing winter in Minneapolis has become a valuable and surprising ally for the local population determined to resist the brutality of federal immigration agents by any means necessary, even the most…

In a world marked by globalization and cultural standardization, some people continue to preserve a strong and ancient spirituality. Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and Kabylia, an Amazigh region in Algeria, are two examples. Despite the distance and religious differences,…

A conversation with three men who recently traveled to Palestine to witness the state of Palestinian Christian communities living in Israel-occupied West Bank. What they experienced was horrific and hopeful. Horrendous in the brutality of the young Israeli settler gangs…

The US might abandon its new interest in backing radical “security guarantees” for Ukraine due to worsening ties with Western Europe; increasingly Polish-led Central & Eastern Europe could replace Western Europe’s strategic importance for the US; and intra-EU rifts might…

As we despair about Gaza, Venezuela, and many other disasters caused by human beings, an even more sinister threat looms over us: The Golden Dome. In spite of its shiny name, the Golden Dome threatens both those it’s supposed to…

The largest island in the world, Greenland (that is not green at all but rather covered by white ice), has in recent months and even several years become one of the hottest geopolitical spots and disputes in world politics and…

Black Alliance for Peace’s North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights Calls on the Public and Nations to demand that FIFA move the Games out of the U.S. and take a stand for people-centered human rights. U.S. officials have chosen to…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed on Wednesday that his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled for Feb. 3 at the White House. Petro told a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting that the date was set following diplomatic exchanges between…