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The Yankees are the most powerful country in the world. They are the richest, have the best army, the best cars, eat the most junk food, and are the fattest, although the latter is not in the movies. If you…

Political fear is an instrument of power and leaders use real or potential threats to ensure social control. by Aram Aharonian As soon as we are born, we are instilled with fear: the mantra of religions is precisely to frighten…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has formally apologized to Indigenous activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather. In 1973, she took the stage at the Oscars on behalf of Marlon Brando, who boycotted the ceremony to protest Hollywood’s portrayal…

It’s long been known a major nuclear war could destroy modern civilization and kill most of humanity. But what about a “limited” nuclear war—a conflict confined to one region, say, or involving just a tiny fraction of the world’s arsenals?…

As the second week of NPT Review Conference concludes and the nuclear-armed states start to flex their “we can’t accept any commitments because of the international security environment” muscles, a metaphor for our present condition comes to mind: we are…

The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, during his campaign promised to reform the country’s uniformed police. This promise was well received by the citizenry, as a response to the discrediting of the institution, not only the historical one, due to…

This is a simple and cheerful album that invites optimism and addresses the child in all of us; that is why… it is a book that has no age. By Enrique Collado It brings and shares values such as empathy,…

“Exponential growth is sometimes difficult to imagine, because human beings, generally speaking, think linearly”, Michio Kaku. Javier E Belda – IHPS How can we approach the meanings of something apparently unrepresentable, immersed as we are in the co-presence of everyday…

From sociology and communication, inserted in the recent history of Peru, a subject of analysis is how the use of stereotypes about women in advertising has changed. Today it is already possible to see advertisements where Peruvian women are vindicated…

A young Italian woman is the latest “street installation” activist to protest the media’s silence regarding the inhumane treatment of Julian Assange by the UK and the U.S. Her installation in a square in Como lambastes the two self-styled democracies…