Two climate activists in their early 20s were sentenced to prison by a London court Friday for throwing soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting … UK court hands prison terms to climate activistsRead more
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Henan rural bank scandal points to wider social tensions in China
Protests erupted in Zhengzhou, the capital of central China’s Henan province, on July 10, as thousands of village bank depositors complained about a financial scandal … Henan rural bank scandal points to wider social tensions in ChinaRead more
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Revealing the Smithsonian’s ‘racial brain collection’
On the day Mary Sara died of tuberculosis in a Seattle sanitarium, the doctor caring for the 18-year-old offered her brain to one of the … Revealing the Smithsonian’s ‘racial brain collection’Read more
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Social Media Influencers Get Media Attention on Climate Change — Grassroots Activists Don’t
In 1991, environmental organizers of color convened to create the 17 pillars of environmental justice, formally establishing the environmental justice (EJ) movement in the United … Social Media Influencers Get Media Attention on Climate Change — Grassroots Activists Don’tRead more
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200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960
The planet lost more than 1 billion acres of forest between 1960 and 2019, according to a new study published this week in the journal … 200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960Read more
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The Café That’s Upending Capitalism
From the outside, Cafe Euphoria might seem like any other coffee shop in downtown Troy, New York—an upstate city of 50,000 that has a café … The Café That’s Upending CapitalismRead more
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Slavery and the Bank of England
It has been two years since the global Black Lives Matter Protests, which challenged white-led institutions for perpetuating structural racism. In the wake of this … Slavery and the Bank of EnglandRead more
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Hindu-Muslim Scuffles Lead to Heightened Communal Tension in UK’s Leicester
Leicester city in the United Kingdom has seen an escalation of scuffles and communal tension leading to the arrest of two in an area which … Hindu-Muslim Scuffles Lead to Heightened Communal Tension in UK’s LeicesterRead more
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The Meaning of Work
http://traffic.libsyn.com/whomakescents/Hindenburg_Final_Episode_Jason_Resnikoff.mp3 Jason Resnikoff Automation Discourse and the Meaning of Work
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Human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change
Climate change can exacerbate a full 58 per cent of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to … Human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate changeRead more