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Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires Prompts U.S. Air Quality Alerts for 70 Million People in 32 States

Canada is currently experiencing its worst wildfire season ever, and on Monday smoke from the hundreds of blazes once again drifted across the border into the United States, prompting another round of air quality warnings. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The new bout of smoke and…

Do we still have to look at employment as the focus of our lives?

Eureka’s position on the proposals for social equality of some political parties, in the context of the general election of 23/07/2023 In the campaign for the general elections of 23 July 2023, the “universal inheritance” is being raised in the…

Guatemala: Collateral damage

Millions are the victims of the neglect of essential policies. Guatemala is today on the verge of a coup d’état, which has been brewing underhandedly from the presidential palace and the highest levels of its institutions. The manoeuvres leading to…

Petition Delivered to U.S. Congress: We Don’t Want U.S. Troops in Perú

World BEYOND War; CODEPINK; Semillas de Libertad; Centro de Investigación, Drogas y Derechos Humanos; Coordinadora Internacional de Solidaridad con la lucha de los pueblos del Perú; along with other organizations, have delivered a petition signed by nearly 2,000 people and…

Carbon farming: agriculture that helps the environment (and humans)

The global agricultural sector is grappling with the first, but already devastating, effects of the climate crisis. Recent events affecting Italian agriculture represent a perfect as well as tragic example of this. Prolonged periods of drought followed by destructive floods,…

Migrants as an excuse for security tightening

Latin American and Caribbean governments have used the migration phenomenon to implement aporophobic and xenophobic practices, which have already proved unsuccessful in the US. By: Zhandra Flores Governments’ response to migrants in a context of growing stigmatisation of outsiders, who…

The US Is Nobody’s Friend, Not Even Its Own

Introduction I realize that some of the articles I’ve been writing over the course of the last year and a half have been challenging for some folks to take in. I get it. I understand. Writing these articles has been…

“Democracia Viva”: The fault lies with the pig and those who give it the bran

The organisers of “Democracia Viva”, members of Revolución Democrática (RD) committed a grave sin in their attempt to take advantage of state funds for political or personal gain. This is corruption and is unacceptable for those who ethically and politically…

The robust, efficient third sector, focused on the common good and free of corruption

In Chile, there is a high level of social entrepreneurs (foundations, corporations, and other NGOs) as well as business entrepreneurs (SMEs). Each of these sectors has approximately 235,000 institutions. All face major obstacles and problems; few survive the first two…

Thunderstorm and Tea

Taunting a summer clinging to its fiery sun a thunderstorm explodes one after the other on a tin roof and I am caught between rolling the blanket early and making a pot of tea. Tea wins as I am then,…

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