| Dec 15, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn a world that’s clogged and choking with a massive overdose of plastic trash, you’ll be heartened to learn that governments and industries are teaming up to respond forcefully to this planetary crisis. Unfortunately, their response has been to engage in a global...
| Apr 21, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLast summer, Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the murder of George Floyd echoed around the world. Evoked by the worldwide visibility of the brutal killing on video, this solidarity also reflected visceral anger against police violence in a host...
| Aug 7, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / FarmingJune 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history. July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide, as a wide swath of the continental United States sweltered with heat indexes of over 100 degrees. Unless new action is taken to curb...
| Jan 17, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyWe recently learned that Donald Trump referred to African nations and Haiti using a derogatory and profane term. (Accounts differ, but all seem to agree it ended with “hole.”) Writing off an enormous percentage of the world’s landmass and population as inferior isn’t...
| Aug 27, 2014 | Food / FarmingWhat if I told you there was a lot in Africa that was going right? Now, I don’t mean programs that are successfully handing out food aid, treating malaria, or preventing elephant poaching, although I’m sure some of those are succeeding too. I mean...
