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A funny thing happened on the way to Kyiv
Tragic things happen when powerful countries try to smash weak ones into submission: they usually underestimate the will to resist of people defending their land on their own soil.
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The Cuban missile crisis and Ukraine
Biden and Putin should seek a Cuban-missile-style compromise in which NATO allies agree to negotiate the security guarantees that Russia seeks and Putin pledges to forego an invasion of…
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Calling for an inner revolution
We need a peaceful, inner revolution encompassing a great turning and a great commitment such as Gandhi, Mandela and MLK practiced and taught.
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‘A great loss’: Partners in Health co-founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, dead at 62
Farmer and his colleagues pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality healthcare in resource-poor settings.
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Humanity at ‘doom’s doorstep,’ says bulletin of the atomic scientists
Top scientists responsible for the "Doomsday Clock" issued a stark warning last week about how close the world is to catastrophe.
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Bank blocks donations supporting Cuban effort to vaccinate world
ING has put the interests of the U.S. government above the lives of millions of people by blocking Cuba's effort to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
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Oceans hotter in 2021 than any time in recorded history
Higher ocean temperatures threaten to disrupt marine life—which supplies a quarter of the world's protein—and put millions of people at risk of accelerated sea-level rise.
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Yes, there were 10 good things about 2021
It was, indeed, a disastrous year, but we do have some reasons to cheer. For starters, Trump left office.
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Climate chaos: What to learn from 2021
2021 will probably rank among the seven hottest years ever, continuing the succession of global temperature records that blur with the years we just lived through.
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Angela Davis on imagining new worlds, the campaign to free Mumia and the Biden presidency
Angela Davis talks about navigating the pandemic and an inadequate two-party political system during a time of racial uprising in the United States.
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