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The House of Horrors

A Clinical, Ethical, and Human Call from Al-Shifa Collective Chronicle from the Epicenter of Gaza’s Health Crisis “I can’t go on” “It was like a ‘March 11’ every single day,” repeats Dr. Raúl Incertis, a Spanish anesthesiologist recently returned from…

The War Economy at the Border

While Venezuela Reunites Families, the U.S. Builds a $131 Billion Border War Machine By Michelle Ellner In July 2025, the U.S. Congress passed a budget that commits $131 billion to expanding detention, deportation, and border militarization. It is the largest…

 Massive Ocean Regime Shift, Alarming

A new study published in ScienceDaily claims severe ocean overheating may be causing a fundamental climate shift. Ocean heatwaves over the past couple of years have been massive and extensive and intensive on a scale never seen before at times…

Who Better Than You to Tell the World Your Recipe 

by George Banez “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”  Says Juliet to lover Romeo whose family name betrays him as nemesis to her own.  She convinces him that…

Energy and Sovereignty, the Map of Power

“Whoever does not control their energy has no homeland. They have territory.” The energy world and the new colonialism Energy is not just electricity, nor just oil, nor merely turbines spinning in the wind. Energy is power. It is independence…

Is Tehran Becoming Uninhabitable? Water supply interruptions

By Kian Sharifi Over 40 cities across Iran, including Tehran, are facing routine water rationing and prolonged supply interruptions. In some areas, households and businesses endure hours-long daily outages as officials scramble to take emergency measures. The roots of the…

IF Machines Think, Do We Cease to Exist? Revisiting Descartes in the Age of AI

When Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am,” he placed human consciousness at the center of existence. His assertion implies that without awareness, the world loses its meaning—a sentiment echoed by a Brazilian community member who responded to an educator,…

Filipino Shyness: Is Filipino Modesty Holding Them Back?

by George Banez “We need to first know our own food so intimately before we can fully present its diversity internationally,” declared Filipino French digital content creator Erwan Heussaff. The James Beard Foundation Media Award recipient for promoting Filipino cuisine…

Self-Collection Is Self-Care: How Patreng Non Reclaims Health and Power

By Geri Matthew Carretero “We’ve gotten used to hustle culture, but in simple ways like self-screening, we allow ourselves to rest, to take charge, and to say, “My life matters.” — Ana Patricia “Patreng” Non When Ana Patricia “Patreng” Non…

A Catastrophic New Normal Has Arrived

 A new study published in Earth’s Future by researchers from Uppsala University with Belgian, French, and German universities have shown that climate change is morphing into a full blown ogre of destruction as several regions of the world are no…