Voices for Change

While it was rumored that Kerry was "gearing up for a third try at negotiations after the Israeli elections," it will no longer be. President Obama said bilateral talks are out of the question and he refuses to pretend otherwise.

On the ground, burning biomass contributes to many air pollution impacts.

The responsibility for halting climate change rests firmly with each and every one of us.

Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold says as President Sanders couldn’t get any of his ideas implemented anyway because Congress would reject them. But if Bernie Sanders is elected president, American politics will have been altered, reducing the moneyed interests’ chokehold over the public agenda.

Word has leaked out that the Biden administration is about to enter negotiations with Big Pharma, for the express intent of shifting the cost of COVID vaccines and lifesaving antiviral medications, to the patient. 

The new family-friendly policies seem ideally timed, but they apply only to a tiny group considered “talent”—highly educated and in high demand— to help to recruit and keep them. Let's not celebrate this new era just yet.

Today, we’re stuck with not only a presidency devoid of joy but one powered by irresponsible, heartless rage and denial.

Yet nihilism makes its own reward,/ To trigger mayhem & lift the overlord.

Never before has a government been so completely fused with business.

Indigenous leaders, farmers, and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence, and legal threats while defending land, water, and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability.