Hamas says it's willing to release the five American hostages in Gaza

Friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stand behind a banner bearing their portraits during a demonstration calling for action to secure their rel

Francis Weller — The Lost Art of Grieving: Grief as Ritual, Resistance, and Resilience

(Conversation recorded on January 24th, 2025) Show Summary Western culture, particularly in the United States, is often characterized by a profound discomfort and suppression of grief. Without healthy outlets to process loss and pain – es

Solandium 2063: Playing for Change

How much joy is in your life these days? How much play in your resistance to all the fear, repression, violence, burnout, apathy, broke-ness, and brokenness? When you imagine the future, is it art? These are not cute questions meant to nice

What if we could uncancel the future?

When Luigi Vitali interviewed me for Dust Magazine [From Dust magazine: Original here]. Rob Hopkins, a pioneer in sustainability and community-driven change, believes that the future isn’t something we stumble upon—it’s something we activel

Iranian officials talk nuclear program with Chinese and Russian counterparts

Chinese Foreign Minister Wag Yi, stands with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, left, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi, right, before a meeting regarding the Iranian nuclear issue at Diaoyutai State Guest

Mexicans searching for missing relatives uncover possible mass killing site

This photo released by the Jalisco State Attorney General's Office shows shoes at the Izaguirre Ranch where skeletal remains were also discovered in the municipality of Teuchitlan, Mexico on Tuesday.

The Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought

In this photo taken between 2020- 2021 and released by Fauna & Flora, elephants roam at Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. The Flora & Fauna conservatio

Israel targets what it says was an Islamic Jihad command center in Damascus

Ghassan Mamouli, a representative from the Damascus government, inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Thursday. Emily Garthwaite for NPR

As global tariff tensions rise, here's the latest on U.S. trade with top partners

A worker cuts a piece of steel for a customer at North York Iron, a steel supplier in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 11. Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images

Putin voices doubts over a U.S.-proposed ceasefire with Ukraine, and sets conditions

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday.

Not more but better – part 4

In this last article in the series, I turn to what a resilient, sustainable food system could look like. I will first discuss the agronomic side of the system and then the socio-economic part. In my view they are just two aspects of the sam

Leading By Example

Rosemary Nenini is a busy woman. One of the founding members and manager of the Twala Tenebo Cultural Center, a collective owned and operated by a Maasai women’s group now comprised of 203 women, her life is completely dedicated to helping

Living Like a Fungus

Since its creation I have supported Rupert Read’s Climate Majority Project as the answer to achieving the climate action we need. Read observes that the majority of people are concerned about climate change and to effectively combat it, tha

Thai Rights Lawyer’s 2004 ‘Disappearance’ Unsolved

For more than two decades, nine different Thai prime ministers have failed to bring those responsible for the enforced disappearance of prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit to justice. Official investigations established that S

What Greenland's elections mean for the island — and the U.S.

Homes built into the rugged landscape in Nuuk, Greenland, are seen on March 12. The self-ruling Danish territory has been thrust into the geopolitical spotlight as President Trump has vowed to acquire it.