Cost of Living Crisis: 70,000 Protest as National Strike Cripples Nation
A national strike crippled the transport infrastructure of Belgium with around 70,000 people taking to the street on Monday to protest the effects of inflation.
Dan Simmer
What Does Sugar Do to Your Brain?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published May 6, 2017, and has been updated with new information.
Feminist and LGBT Rights Activist on Trial in Russia
A prosecutor has called for Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova to serve three years and two months in prison during a closed trial over absurd “pornography” charges.
Do Psychiatric Meds and War Games Lead to Mass Shootings?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE While many have bought into the simplistic idea that availability of firearms is the cause of mass shootings, a number of experts have pointed out a more uncomfortable truth, which is that mass shootings are far more likely the result of how we've been mistreating mental illness, depression
Australia: Five States Seeing Power Disruptions as Winter Arrives
Nearly all of eastern Australia suffered localized blackouts on Tuesday evening, with some of the power outages expected to extend into at least Wednesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.
The state-owned Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) announced on June 14 that nearly all of the eastern and southern regions
Genetically Engineered Hens Made to Kill Their Own Chicks
STORY AT-A-GLANCE One of the atrocities of industrialized agriculture is the egg industry's killing of male chicks.
Juneteenth: Resources, History, and More
Words by Henry Louis Gates, Jr for The Root & PBS, 2013.
Council of Europe Presses Pause on Draft Mental Health Protocol
After a long fight by human rights advocates, the Council of Europe has temporarily suspended further consideration of a flawed draft treaty which would have undermined the rights of people with disabilities. In a crucial decision, the council’s Committee of Ministers decided to temporarily suspend work on the Additional
Rwanda: Jailed Critic Denounces Torture in Prison
(Nairobi) – A prominent Rwandan YouTube commentator has accused prison authorities of beating him and other jailed critics, Human Rights Watch said today.
Dr Vernon Coleman: The Death of Free Health Care in Britain
An old man in hospital had received no nursing care for a week.
We Need to Find Missing Journalist, Rights Defender in Brazil’s Amazon
I have known journalist Dom Phillips for years.
Call for Commonwealth Leaders to Speak Up for Rights of Rwandans
Dear Commonwealth Heads of Government, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our grave concerns about the human rights situation in Rwanda as it prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in June 2022.
The silence of the Commonwealth on Rwanda’s human rights record risks undermining
Resistance — Not All Germs Are Created Equal
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published June 9, 2018, and has been updated with new information.
Call for respect of the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in the Republic of Guinea
Dear Prime Minister, Our organizations, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture, ACAT-France), Act Together for Human Rights (Agir ensemble pour les droits humains, AEDH) and Human Rights Watch (HRW), are deeply concerned about the deterioration of the current
Why is Everything Broken?
Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash
“Begin then with a fracture, a cesura, a rent; opening a crack in this fallen world, a shaft of light.”
Norman O. Brown, Love’s Body
Being sick for the past few weeks has had its advantages. It has forced me to take a
