Saturday, October 17, 2026

Tag: climate emergency

2023: A year of global human rights regression amid political expediency

Human Rights Watch's 2024 report exposes a year of global human rights backsliding amidst political compromises.

Over 84 million people forcibly displaced by climate emergency, insecurity, and...

“The international community must redouble its efforts to make peace, and at the same time must ensure resources are available to displaced communities and their hosts.”

220+ medical journals unite to demand urgent action on climate emergency

“The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5°C and to restore nature,” warn journals in unprecedented joint editorial.

Greta Thunberg: New IPCC Report is a wake-up call for all...

“The climate crisis is not going away. It’s only escalating, and it’s only growing more intense by the hour.”

Scientists who issued ‘climate emergency’ declaration in 2019 now say Earth’s...

A rapid and urgent phaseout of fossil fuels is needed, scientists warn, in order to avoid crossing dangerous climate tipping points.

Jane Fonda arrested: We are in a climate emergency. I have...

We speak with Jane Fonda about her climate activism and why she started Fire Drill Fridays.

‘Climate emergency. Look it up.’: Activists and experts celebrate New Oxford...

“STAY LOUD, it's working,” declared Greenpeace Canada.

Fascism then and now

A new book  I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Fascism, Then and...

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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.
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30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers...

Ten signers of a 2024 open letter condemning the director’s Academy Awards speech told the author whether their views have changed since.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
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If Trumpism descends to grisly entertainment, why not hangings, guillotines, hungry lions, even burning...

Ready, Aim, Fire! with the latest culture of death stunt politics.
A Social Security Administration office in Milwaukee. Photo: Bohao Zhao / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Social Security benefits rise 3.6 percent in 2027 as inflation accelerates

The increase, the largest since 2023, arrives alongside a projected $6.60 rise in the Medicare Part B premium and a debate over how the adjustment is calculated.