Tag: South Asia
Our responsibility to South Asia
Future generations will remember what the world did, or failed to do, in the face of South Asia’s devastating second wave of the virus. India and its neighbors desperately need more vaccines, oxygen, and other supplies, and it is in everyone else's interest to provide them as fast as possible.
1,200 dead, 41 million affected by flooding in India, Bangladesh and...
Although the monsoon is an annual event, this year’s rains have been considered far worse than usual, and people are blaming climate change for making things much worse.
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Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...
Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.
Martial Law in the United States
Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US militarism, building unity
Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.
America’s new Industrial Revolution
Will Donald Trump will be remembered ruefully as our country’s very own King Canute, who used the full force of presidential power in a failed, futile effort to halt the tides of technological change?
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s most critical rainforests...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.