Everything I Know: 42 Hours of Buckminster Fuller’s Visionary Lectures Free Online (1975)

A 42-hour lecture series titled Everything I Know, by Buckminister Fuller, is now available to download at the Internet Archive.

Myanmar: Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19

Expand A member of the Yangon City and Development Committee disinfects government offices to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Thein Zaw (Bangkok) – Myanmar authorities should immediately move to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus by

COVID-19 Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence for People in US Prisons

Five deaths from COVID-19 in a United States federal prison in Louisiana were reported within the past week, which suggests more needs to be done to protect people in custody.

Philippine Children Face Abuse for Violating COVID-19 Curfew

Expand A screenshot of an officer with five youths locked inside a dog cage after breaking curfew in Laguna province, the Philippines on March 20, 2020. © 2020 Facebook A screenshot of an officer with five youths locked inside a dog cage after breaking curfew in Laguna province, the Philippines on

Myanmar: Editor Wrongfully Charged

Expand Myanmar press freedom and youth activists demonstrate for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, in Yangon, Myanmar, September 16, 2018. ©2018 Reuters/Ann Wang (Bangkok) – Myanmar authorities should immediately drop all charges against an editor for broadcasting an interview with an armed

Cambodia: Emergency Bill Recipe for Dictatorship

Expand Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of the coronavirus in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Heng Sinith (New York) – The Cambodian government should withdraw its draft state of emergency law, which would empower Prime Minister Hun Sen

What Is Humanity Capable Of? This Man Got 152 Million Mangrove Trees Planted In 10 Years

Haidar el Ali, who once served as Senegal's Minister of Environment, has led one of the largest reforestation projects the world has ever seen.

US: COVID-19 Policies Risk Asylum Seekers’ Lives

Clothing hangs to dry at a makeshift migrant camp for asylum seekers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on March 1, 2020.

Latin America: Cut Prison Crowding to Fight COVID-19

Expand Inmates point from inside of La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 22, 2020.

7 Great Online Events Every Culture Lover Can Attend from Home

In this post, we will look at 7 great online events every culture lover can attend from their home.With these online events, we can all expand our minds at home, no matter what’s keeping us there.

Qatar: Protect Migrant Workers During Pandemic

(Beirut) – Qatari authorities should ensure that migrant workers receive adequate protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, a coalition of 16 nongovernmental organizations and trade unions said in a letter on March 31, 2020 to Qatar’s prime minister and interior minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani. The groups include

Lebanon: Refugees at Risk in COVID-19 Response

Syrian refugees in a building under construction they have been using as a shelter in a city in southern Lebanon, on March 17, 2020, after Lebanon urged people to stay at home for two weeks to stem a novel coronavirus outbreak. (Beirut) – At least 21 Lebanese municipalities have introduced discriminatory

A 70-Year War on ‘Propaganda’ Built by the CIA

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here” William Shakespeare (The Tempest Act I, Scene 2) War has always depended on a reliable system to spread its propaganda. The Arthashastra written by Chankya (350-283 BCE) who was chief advisor to the Emperor Chandragupta (the first ruler of the Mauryan

Coronavirus Is Proving The Human Race Can Come Together, For Anything, At Anytime

If we can shut down the world for months for the coronavirus, can we shut down the world for a week to clean up our oceans? Can we shut it down to spark a massive reforestation project? Human beings are full of potential, and we can, if we wanted to,

Malaysia: Release Inquiry Into Indigenous People’s Deaths

A Batek woman walks near her village in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia.