Pakistan Province Bans Film about Trans Character

On November 17, the government of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, banned “Joyland,” the story of a young man in Pakistan who falls in love with a transgender woman.

FBN's Payne: Biden Will Ease Sanctions for Venezuela While Blocking Oil Development in Democratic Guyana

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Fox Business Network host Charles Payne criticized the Biden administration for easing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exploration after it blocked a loan for oil development in the neighboring nation of Guyana due to a supposed opposition to funding fossil

Iraq: No Justice for Protester Deaths

(Beirut) – The Iraqi government under former Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi failed to deliver on promises of legal accountability for state security personnel and state-backed armed groups responsible for killing, maiming, and disappearing hundreds of demonstrators and activists since 2019, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 40-page

More Warnings About Glyphosate

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and other commonly used herbicides, is the most commonly used herbicide in the U.S., registered for use in agriculture as well as nonagricultural areas, such as commercial, industrial and residential sites. In agricultural settings, 84% of the glyphosate applied is used

Nutrition and Natural Strategies Offer Hope Against COVID-19

STORY AT-A-GLANCE In this interview, repeat guest Dr.

Populist House Republicans Rejecting Woke Corporations over ESG

Lobbyists for “woke” corporations adopting “equality and climate goals” have reportedly faced problems when meeting with populist House Republicans.

Twitter Data Leak from Before Elon Musk's Takeover Reveals User Data of 5.4 Million Accounts

Earlier this year Twitter revealed that the private data of 5.4 million users was stolen due to an API vulnerability — now the data leaked before Elon Musk took the company private has been exposed on a hacker forum, according to a recent report. BleepingComputer reports that earlier this year,

The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Ten years ago, Human Rights Watch united with other civil society groups to co-found the Stop Killer Robots campaign in response to emerging military technologies in which machines would replace human control in the use of armed force. There is now widespread recognition that weapons systems that select and attack

China: Respect Right to Peaceful Protest

(New York) – The Chinese government should respect the fundamental rights of people across China to peacefully protest the government’s draconian “zero Covid” restrictions and to call for freedom and human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately release all protesters wrongfully detained and cease online censorship

US Environmental Agency Needs a Reproductive Justice Hero

A letter signed by 28 organizations this week is asking the United States Environmental Protection Agency to establish a reproductive justice expert position within its environmental justice division.

The Emperor Elonicus

Everyone is going to hate this column.

Neurobiological reduction: From cellular explanations of behavior to interventions

Scientific reductionism, the view that higher level functions can be explained by properties at some lower-level or levels, has been an assumption of nervous system analyses since the acceptance of the neuron doctrine in the late 19th century, and became a dominant experimental approach with the development of intracellular recording

Zinc Cuts COVID Death Risk by 40%

STORY AT-A-GLANCE It's estimated that 1 in 3 Americans is deficient in at least 10 minerals, zinc included.

Excess Body Fat Can Age Your Brain Faster Than Muscle

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Staying fit as you age is about far more than aesthetics.

The Australian Government Lied: Doctors are NOT covered by Government’s indemnity for Covid Injections

Last week Elizabeth Hart wrote to Mark Butler, Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care, about the government misleading health practitioners who are administering Covid injections into believing they are covered by a government medical indemnity scheme. “It has now been confirmed by your department that health practitioners are not