Markey: We Want Biden to Ban Further Drilling on Public Lands, Declare Climate Emergency

On Monday’s broadcast of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Sen.

The Hand at the Helm of Frontex

For too long, the European Union external borders agency, Frontex, has operated as though border enforcement and human rights were two competing principles.

The Gut's Role in Parkinson's Disease

A study published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease found a link between the development of this disease and your gut flora.

Report: Silicon Valley Losing Workers to Middle America

More than 70 cities and towns across America have implemented incentive programs aimed at drawing businesses and remote workers away from Silicon Valley and other coastal hubs, and are enjoying increased success since the pandemic, reports the Wall Street Journal. The incentives include subsidies for gym memberships and childcare, as

U.N. Chief: Ignoring Climate Change Is ‘Collective Suicide’

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Sedition law: Why India should break from Britain’s abusive legacy

Britain’s legacy in India includes abusive laws to suppress any opposition to colonial rule.

El Salvador: Transgender People Denied Equal Rights

(New York) – Transgender people in El Salvador experience significant discrimination in daily life because there is no procedure for legal gender recognition, Human Rights Watch and COMCAVIS TRANS said in a report released today. The Legislative Assembly should comply with a recent Supreme Court ruling and create a simple, efficient

Joint Response to Yemen’s Supertanker Crisis

(Beirut) – The FSO Safer, an oil storage tanker moored 32 nautical miles from the key Yemeni port city of Hodeida, could explode or rupture at any time, threatening an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations has said. On June 13, 2022, the UN announced that salvage operations could not

Yemen: Act to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe

(Beirut) – Governments should immediately support a salvage operation to prevent a supertanker moored off Yemen’s coast from spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil into the Red Sea, 19 human rights and humanitarian groups said in a joint statement released today. The FSO Safer, an oil storage tanker

Eight Signs You Might Be B12 Deficient

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published March 25, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

EU Wants More Russia Sanctions Despite Looming Energy, Food Crisis

(AFP) – The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent’s largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine. The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is “extremely tense”, Ukraine’

A Day to Reflect on International Criminal Justice

July 17 marks International Criminal Justice Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) founding treaty.

Vitamin D Combats Viral Infections and Boosts Immune System

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published June 21, 2020, and has been updated with new information.

6 Things Dreaming about People from Your Past Means

Deciphering dreams has always fascinated me.

Summers: Fed 'Lost Its Way' by Talking Environment, Social Justice While Dismissing Inflation and Still Has 'Problematic Groupthink'

During an interview aired on Friday’s edition 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 said that the Federal Reserve “lost its way” by talking about the environment and