COP26 Needs to Proclaim End of Coal

“Glasgow must be the COP that consigns coal to history.” Those were the words in July of Alok Sharma, president of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26).

Alternatives to Immigration Detention

(New York) – Pilot programs testing alternatives to immigration detention in several countries, including the United States, offer governments models for more humane and rights-respecting approaches, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 94-page report “Dismantling Detention: International Alternatives to Detaining Immigrants,” examines alternatives to detention in six

The Phthalate Syndrome Is Causing Mass Sterility

It was 1992 when Shanna Swan, Ph.D., a reproductive epidemiologist and professor of environmental medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, rst heard about a potential decline in fertility among humans. A study published in the BMJ that year

8 Underlying Reasons Why You Lack Enthusiasm for Life

Do you lack enthusiasm for your life? If so, there are several reasons why.You see, enthusiasm and motivation are connected to your role in life.

PragerU Documentary: Facebook Insider Was Labeled a 'Hate Monger' for Disagreeing with Leftist Censorship

A recent PragerU documentary, Restricted: How Big Tech Is Taking Away Your Freedom, features an ex-senior engineering manager at Facebook who talks about how he was labeled a “hate monger” by his coworkers after he started challenging the company’s policy on “hate speech,” which was “subjective” and kept broadening

Report: Apple's Consumer-Friendly Privacy Features Have Cost Social Media Giants Almost $10 Billion

A recent study has found that Apple’s consumer-friendly privacy standards for iPhones and other devices have cost social media giants including Meta (Facebook), Twiter, Snapchat, and YouTube $10 billion in revenue in the second half of 2021. The Financial Times reveals in a recent report that Facebook, Snap, Twitter,

What’s Next for the COP26 Forest Deal?

More than 100 countries have signed on to the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, announced on November 2 at the COP26 global climate summit. With deforestation the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and linked to many

Eswatini: No Justice for June Protester Killings

(Johannesburg) – Eswatini authorities should ensure accountability for their security forces’ crackdown on protesters in June 2021, Human Rights Watch said today.

What’s Needed for the COP26 ‘Forest Deal’ to Deliver for People and Planet

The United Kingdom and Indonesia are expected to announce a “Forest Deal” to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 on November 2 at the global summit on climate change.

How Latin American Women Can Keep Fighting for Abortion Rights and Win

While access to safe abortion is threatened from the United States to China, the “Marea Verde,” or Green Wave, women’s movement has helped deliver groundbreaking reforms and progress on reproductive health and rights in Latin America. Abortions were legalized up to 14 weeks of pregnancy in Uruguay in 2012,

Jeff Bezos Takes Private Jet to COP26 for Climate Change Chat with Prince Charles

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos arrived at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on a $65 million private jet recently where he met with Britain’s Prince Charles to discuss the issue of climate change. The Daily Mail reports that billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren

In Defense of Sweet

Type “how to quit” into Google, and you’ll get some expected auto-fills: “smoking,” “vaping,” even “your job.” These quittable activities have been around for a while, but Google reveals another, newer search that’s gaining in popularity: “how to quit sugar.” Since sugar (and sitting) became the smoking—i.

El Salvador: Legislature Deepens Democratic Backsliding

(Washington DC) – El Salvador’s legislature has taken drastic steps to undermine judicial independence and limit accountability since President Nayib Bukele’s supporters in the Legislative Assembly took office on May 1, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The Assembly has also shelved bills that would have advanced fundamental rights.

DISCUSS: COP26 gets underway…

The big day is here – today the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, better known as COP26, begins in Glasgow. It follows on the G20 meeting in Rome.

NYT Reporter Asks for Raising Gas Prices on Middle Class

A New York Times reporter asked President Joe Biden to raise gasoline prices on middle-class people around the world to reduce carbon emissions and curtail climate change.