The Editorial Board, August 20, 2019
Haste to pull U.S. troops out could risk the progress on Afghan women’s rights:… Continue reading
“In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation”, The New York Times Magazine
By Mathew Desmond, The 1619 Project observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of Amercian Slavery, The Sunday New… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights, Economic Opportunity, Hunger, War, Population, Environment
The Forum, Rome (c) 2016-2019 Lisa Blume & Keith Blume
The End Of Civilization As We Knew It, Part Fifteen.… Continue reading
Message of the Day: Human Rights, Economic Opportunity, Hunger, War, Population, Environment
“Indigenous Knowledge and the Future of Science”, The Walrus Magazine
By Jimmy Thomson, The Walrus Magazine, The Walrus Foundation, Toronto, August 12, 2019
Research on First Nation land often exploits… Continue reading
“‘It has altered me forever’: trauma of child domestic workers in Pakistan”, The Guardian
Saba Karim Khan, London, 13 Aug 2019
Despite shocking reports of abuse and a social media outcry, there is little… Continue reading
“‘Epstein Is Gone, but Justice Must Still Be Served”, The Atlantic
Megan Garber, Aug. 10, 2019
Of all the questions that hover around the sex offender’s death, the most urgent is… Continue reading
“Political leaders demand answers in Epstein death”, Politico
By Gabby Orr, 08/10/2019
Political leaders are demanding a full accounting of how disgraced financier and accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein… Continue reading
“Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but allegations against powerful associates linger”, Miami Herald
By Julie K. Brown, Veronica Penney, Daniel Chang and Sarah Blaskey, August 10, 2019
The sudden death of multimillionaire Jeffrey… Continue reading
“What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?”, The Atlantic Magazine
Ben Rhodes, August 9, 2019, September 2019 Issue, Global
A human-rights icon’s fall from grace in Myanmar
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The… Continue reading