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Dan Simmer

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.

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

Report: Baby Formula Supply Will Be Sparse Well into July

Baby formula will reportedly be in short supply well into July, even though Abbott Laboratories resumed production at its Sturgis, Michigan, factory Saturday, according to a report.

Summers: Push for Central Banks to Focus on 'Remote' Climate Risk Is Attempt to Pass Climate Legislation 'Through the Back Door'

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast 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 stated that even though there’s a movement for central banks “to start focusing

Covida Commedia

The following represents over two years of careful research and close logical reasoning, brought to fruition in one middle-of-the-night conversation when, sleepless through worry over the future of civilization – tea and ginger biscuits to hand – Olivia and I turned to the only subject that never quite goes away: Covid. “It’