DR Congo: Resurgent M23 Rebels Target Civilians
(Goma) – The M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 29 civilians since mid-June 2022 in areas under their control, Human Rights Watch said today.
Francis Angevine
Building Muscle With Exercise and Reassessing Protein Intake
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Maintaining muscle mass as you age is an integral part of staying healthy and independent.
L.A. Business Coalition Asks County Not to Reimpose Mask Mandate
Bizfed, a coalition representing 410,000 employers and 5 million employees in Los Angeles, has asked the county not to go ahead with plans to reimpose an indoor mask mandate on July 29, favoring a voluntary policy to deal with the COVID surge. As Breitbart News has reported, county health
Ukraine: Torture, Disappearances in Occupied South
(Kyiv) – Russian forces have tortured, unlawfully detained, and forcibly disappeared civilians in the occupied areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, Human Rights Watch said today.
Scalise: Biden Increases Carbon Emissions, Then His Answer Is to Raise Prices
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” House Minority Whip Rep.
Report: Young Adults Struggle for Independence as Costs Rise
Roughly 25 percent of U.S.adults ages 25 to 34 lived in a multigenerational household in 2021, up from 9 percent in 1971, according to data analysis from Pew Research Center.
Indonesian Women Speak Out on Dress Codes
(Jakarta) – Most of Indonesia’s provinces and dozens of cities and regencies impose discriminatory and abusive dress codes on women and girls, Human Rights Watch said today.
Protecting People from Extreme Heat
Governments around the world should act to protect people from the current and foreseeable harms of extreme heat fueled by climate change, Human Rights Watch said today.
Global Lost Luggage Crisis: Woman Loses Ashes of Deceased Parents
The U.K.’s Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday that a lost luggage crisis across airports worldwide had worsened in recent weeks, highlighting the case of a woman who lost a bag containing the ashes of her deceased parents while traveling from Chicago to Dublin, Ireland. “American tourist Donna O’
Durbin: Climate 'Emergency' Is 'More Important Than' Current Economy, Inflation
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Senate Majority Whip Sen.Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to Sen.
Nicaragua: Government Dismantles Civil Society
(Washington, DC) – Nicaraguan authorities have closed hundreds of nongovernmental organizations, applying highly restrictive legislation that undermines freedom of association and freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today. Concerned governments, especially from Latin America, should condemn this systematic dismantling of civil society groups, which play a critical role in a
Markey: We Want Biden to Ban Further Drilling on Public Lands, Declare Climate Emergency
On Monday’s broadcast of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Sen.
U.N. Chief: Ignoring Climate Change Is ‘Collective Suicide’
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Self-organized criticality as a framework for consciousness: A review study
Objective: No current model of consciousness is univocally accepted on either theoretical or empirical grounds, and the need for a solid unifying framework is evident.
Exclusive - Steve Moore: Biden's 'Insane Climate Change Policies' Causing 'Hunger,' 'Starvation' Abroad
Stephen Moore, economist and coauthor of Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy, noted that the Biden administration’s “insane climate change policies” are creating a global food crisis by artificially increasing the cost of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gas. Poorer countries are experiencing