Tag: United Nations
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.
UN overwhelmingly votes for resolution denouncing 58-year U.S. embargo against Cuba
The two nations to vote against it were the U.S. and its ally, Israel, while Ukraine and Moldova simply did not vote.
The majority of the world’s richest entities are corporations, not governments
"We must right this wrong."
Nikki Haley gives her resignation as UN ambassador
While it's unclear what prompted Haley's resignation, Trump said that he has known for six months, but hopes she will come back to the administration in another capacity.
Norway bans deforestation, continues it commitment to protect other country’s forests
“Other countries should follow Norway's leadership, and adopt similar zero deforestation commitments."
Donald Trump’s ‘romantic nationalism’ takes the stage at the UN
"...it gives us a better idea of what the American left will be facing from this ‘new’ right for the foreseeable future..."
World laughs at Trump as he boasts about himself in UN...
“What’s amazing is not that this hall of seasoned professionals laughed at him, but that he doesn’t get more laughter in the United States."
What #ShellKnew and how it was used to stall international climate...
For almost two decades, Shell has pushed the same proposal to tackle climate change, which still hasn’t come to fruition.
Blistering U.N. report: Trump administration’s policies designed to worsen poverty &...
40 million Americans live in poverty, and 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty.
Trump and Haley claim to have negotiated $285M cut in UN’s...
There’s nothing wrong with increasing efficiency and eliminating waste at the U.N., but it’s crucial that we don’t curtail the U.N.’s ability to save the lives of men, women and children worldwide.
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Minnesota sues Trump administration after federal agents withhold evidence in fatal immigration raid shootings
State officials say federal authorities blocked access to key evidence following deaths tied to Operation Metro Surge.
How Democrats helped clear Trump’s path back to power
The Democratic Party has chosen again and again to abandon working people and cling to corporate power, militarism, and a feckless, out-of-touch leadership class, Norman Solomon of RootsAction says. And we’re all paying the price.
What I saw in Cuba was resilience
It was a country enduring a 66-year siege, and a people who, against all odds, continue to build, create, and care for one another.
The most dangerous country
From 2003 to 2026 and beyond.
From pollution to performance wear: Fair-trade clothes made from 100% ocean plastic
“My motto is: there’s already so much plastic out there, why are we making more? There’s so much we can be pulling from. It’s already a resource; we just have to get it.”