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STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published May 16, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
Dan Simmer
Waking Up in a Nightmare
One thing this global awakening (at least an awakening for me and my fellow shrews) has made me realize is that we all have been living in utter hell for quite some time.
Sri Lanka: Security Forces Assault Peaceful Protesters
(New York) – In the early hours of July 22, 2022, Sri Lankan security forces forcibly dispersed people at a peaceful protest site and assaulted protesters in central Colombo, injuring more than 50 people and arresting at least 9 others, Human Rights Watch said today. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office
Border Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Says He Is 'Aligned' with Pro-Migrant Advocates
The nation’s pro-migration border chief says his policies match the pro-migrant goals of immigrants, not the goals set by Congress or the goals preferred by citizens.
Tim Ryan: 'I Don't Think the Inflation Is Really an Issue' That Should Stop Climate Legislation
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Senate candidate Rep.
Thailand: Free Detained Critics of Monarchy
(Bangkok) – Thai authorities should immediately drop the charges and release pro-democracy activists detained for insulting the monarchy (lese majeste), Human Rights Watch said today.
Sedition law: Why India should break from Britain’s abusive legacy
Britain’s legacy in India includes abusive laws to suppress any opposition to colonial rule.
El Salvador: Transgender People Denied Equal Rights
(New York) – Transgender people in El Salvador experience significant discrimination in daily life because there is no procedure for legal gender recognition, Human Rights Watch and COMCAVIS TRANS said in a report released today.
The Legislative Assembly should comply with a recent Supreme Court ruling and create a simple, efficient
Joint Response to Yemen’s Supertanker Crisis
(Beirut) – The FSO Safer, an oil storage tanker moored 32 nautical miles from the key Yemeni port city of Hodeida, could explode or rupture at any time, threatening an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations has said. On June 13, 2022, the UN announced that salvage operations could not
EU Wants More Russia Sanctions Despite Looming Energy, Food Crisis
(AFP) – The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent’s largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine.
The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is “extremely tense”, Ukraine’
Summers: Fed 'Lost Its Way' by Talking Environment, Social Justice While Dismissing Inflation and Still Has 'Problematic Groupthink'
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers said that the Federal Reserve “lost its way” by talking about the environment and
Bankrupt Sri Lanka Seeks Extra Billion-Dollar Loan to Pay China
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is hoping to take out yet another billion-dollar loan, open a separate $1.5 billion credit line, and activate a $1.5 billion currency swap with communist China, Sri Lanka’s envoy to Beijing told Bloomberg News on Friday. Sri Lanka – a socialist
France’s Energy Plans Should Not Include Ignoring UAE Abuses
French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to welcome the President of the United Arab Emirates, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, to Paris July 18.
The influence of ceremonial settings on mystical and challenging experiences occasioned by ayahuasca: A survey among ritualistic and religious ayahuasca users
Recent studies have recognized the importance of non-pharmacological factors such as setting to induce or promote mystical experiences or challenging experiences among ayahuasca users.
Brazil: Candidates Should Address Human Rights
(São Paulo) – Candidates running for president, Congress, state legislature, and governor in the October 2022 Brazil elections should put forward proposals to address the country’s serious human rights problems.
The issues should include police abuse, violence against women and forest defenders, the impact of environmental destruction, and the
