Thursday, March 28, 2024

Facts that privileged Americans don’t want us to know

The following facts should have been reported by the mainstream media, but unfortunately most of that media is controlled by the very people who have reason to hide the facts.

Gender inequality is stunting economic progress

Despite the progressive policy commitments and institutional frameworks on gender equality and women empowerment, implementation remains slow and inconsistent.

‘We are not robots’: Amazon workers across Europe walk out on Black Friday over...

Amazon CEO "Jeff Bezos is the richest bloke on the planet; he can afford to sort this out," says a U.K. union leader.

Accessible housing should be affordable, too

Accessibility is still treated as a luxury rather than as a necessity.
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Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh attack: Revival of hate is encouraged by Trump’s rhetoric

The massacre has been described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.

#BuyNothing: Greenpeace and partners ask people to make something instead this Black Friday

"With our throwaway lifestyles, we are fueling climate change, pollution and the destruction of people’s homes and irreplaceable natural wonders. MAKE SMTHNG Week offers a fun and creative way out of this wasteful consumerism."
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Noam Chomsky: The future of organized human life is at risk thanks to GOP’s...

“We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form.”

Jim Acosta, Julian Assange and the real US war on the free press

That a perfect opportunity to show a real, if still only potential, attack by the Trump Administration’s Justice Department on the freedom of the press was almost entirely ignored says a lot about the mainstream press’ actual priorities, not only in the U.S. but in most Western countries with less objectionable leaders.

This Thanksgiving, a look at the indigenous communities making the climate connection

Here are a handful of front-line organizations and efforts connecting climate change and indigenous communities.