Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album

"When people grieve or go through a great loss, there are just ugly parts that come out of people when they're in survival mode," Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner told NPR, reflecting on the complicated relationships behind her new albu

Compromised integrity: Medical professionals failed to uphold ethics and freedoms during Covid

The covid pandemic exposed the ease with which democratic societies can abandon ethical principles and human rights under collective fear, with a response driven more by authoritarian impulses than science. The medical profession failed to

European military leaders discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to a Canadian Lt Colonel as he visits a military base to meet planners mapping out next steps in the Coalition of the Willing in Northwood, London on Thursday.

Ending Racism Means Addressing Its Historic Legacies

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It is a day all governments should recommit to

Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job

Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guilty

Have you seen this toilet? WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption It turns out that a porcelain throne can also be made of gold.

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Oregon’s Psilocybin Program Over Disability Discrimination

A landmark federal lawsuit is challenging Oregon’s Psilocybin Services Program, alleging that its strict regulations discriminate against individuals with disabilities. Filed by four licensed psilocybin facilitators, the lawsuit, Cusker v.

Hamas fires first rockets since Israel broke recent ceasefire

Editor's Note: Images contain graphic content or scenes of death. Fayez Abu Halima, 39, (right) and his brothers cry over the body of their mother killed in Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia. He tell

Farmers of La Via Campesina: we globalise struggles and hope!

What is it like to farm in the EU? What are the forces at stake behind liberal farming policies? Where do the narratives of right and left farmers’ unions intersect and diverge? What is the current state of debates on fair prices, food sove

Anthropology for Kids and Visual Assembly Are Reimagining Work, Education, Money, and More

This article was produced by Local Peace Economy. Rigid thinking has been linked to social and professional problems, difficulty in adapting to societal change, and mental health issues that can lead to suicide and mass shootings. The chall

What the world can learn from radical queer aid collectives in East Africa

One of the 26 executive orders Donald Trump signed on the first day of his presidency was a 90-day pause on foreign aid, which he said is often “not aligned with American interests”. The subsequent suspension of overseas aid programmes has

Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences

Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare. The Trump adminis

How U.S. States Can Protect the Environment From Federal Rollbacks and Intervention

States have powerful legal tools to counter federal environmental rollbacks, from enacting stronger local regulations to forming interstate coalitions that protect natural resources and public health. Introduction In 1788, a year before the

Eco-Fascist Mark Carney is Trying to Control the World Through Green Finance

Former Bank of England chief Mark Carney was the most influential central banker in the world. He has held the most senior positions in global central banking in the shortest period of time and is probably more responsible than any other fi

Christine Lagarde: We are getting ready to make the digital euro a reality in October

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, has confirmed that the digital euro, the EU’s central bank digital currency (“CBDC”), will launch in October 2025