Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human History
Scientists are warning the planet has now reached a grim climate milestone not seen for two or three million years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide…
Punishing Vieques: Puerto Rico Struggles With Contamination 10 Years After Activists Expel U.S. Navy
On the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, thousands are commemorating the 10th anniversary of when the U.S. Navy stopped using their home as a bombing range. Since the 1940s, the Navy used nearly…
Relatório compila violências da ditadura militar contra indígenas
Membro da Comissão Nacional da Verdade responsável por coordenar a apuração das denúncias sobre violações aos direitos indígenas entre 1946 e 1988, a psicanalista Maria Rita Kehl informou hoje (22), que a comissão…
Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Plotting Coup After Deadly Post-Election Protests
Source: Democracy Now Venezuelan President-elect Nicolás Maduro has accused the United States and opposition of planning a coup against him after seven government supporters were killed and 60 people were injured in clashes…
Genocide Trial of Former Dictator Ríos Montt Suspended After Intervention by Guatemalan President
Source: Democracy Now A historic trial against former U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity came to an abrupt end Thursday when an appeals court suspended…
What the post-racials are looking for
Source: Africa is a Country April marks the springtime festival of fertility and harvest, Holi, which is celebrated throughout northern India. Because Holi is a yearly event that includes a large amount of…
A New Pope and “The Most Corrupt Vatican Since the Borgias”
Matthew Fox (former Catholic priest) discusses the Vatican’s work with the CIA and it’s alliance with far right political forces and Pope Francis’ opposition to liberation theology in Latin America. Source: The Real…
2 de Março: “Até a demissão”
Eu penso que a manifestação de 2 de Março vai ser um dos momentos mais altos nesse processo de levarmos até à demissão deste governo; se não o demitirmos, é ele que nos…
Bolivia: justicia indígena
El documental “Justicia” aborda el funcionamiento de la justicia indígena en comunidades de Potosí, Bolivia. Se trata de una importante práctica de pluralismo jurídico, ahora reconocido en la Constitución Política. El documental fue…
Who’s afraid of the Karachi Literature Festival?: Ayesha Siddiqa
Here we are seemingly in an age of intellectual freedom, burgeoning media industry and literature festivals. There are numerous festivals held all over South Asia celebrating books new and old, bringing people together…
