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Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work.
The stigma of a criminal conviction can be a major barrier to community reentry for recently released prisoners. A December 2021 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics highlighted the employment barrier faced by the more than 50,000 who were…
A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)
The period in the world’s history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to the beginning of the Great War (1914) is usually labeled as the “golden age” of the European imperialistic expansion and the making of the greater…
The central role played by Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation needs to be properly and accurately recognised by science
Indigenous Peoples play an indisputable and critical role in the conservation of the planet’s biodiversity. Their lands and livelihoods sustain life in myriad forms. However, a scientific study by researchers at the ICTA-UAB published in Nature concludes that this vital…
Culture as a weapon of peace
In the current context marked by senseless wars that inflict suffering and destruction on innocent populations, the need to break the silence through art has emerged. This need gave rise to the idea of a musical documentary that chronicles the…
Injustice Persists: Parole Board Denies Freedom to Award-Winning Poet Ilham Sami Çomak
On August 21, 2024, the Parole Board denied the freedom of Ilham Sami Çomak who has dedicated his life to poetry, was jailed after confessing under torture to setting a fire during a protest in Turkey when he was 21…
Captured Catastrophe: Preserving Hiroshima’s Atomic Bomb Visual Legacy
The Visual archives of Hiroshima atomic bombing consists of 1,532 photographs and two films recorded in Hiroshima between August 6 and the end of December 1945 by citizens directly affected by the atomic bombing, as well as by photographers from…
On the Need to Dismantle the Settler-Colonial Bloc at the UN
WEOG, the UN grouping anchored by the Anglo countries, Israel, and European states, wields disproportionate power to undermine human rights and international law. What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and…
Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires
Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China’s Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice led to the discovery of an unexpected historical pattern. This revelation was not evident…
From Ancestors to Action: Liberation Obon Calls to Shut Down NWDC
On September 1st, Tsuru for Solidarity organized the first-ever Liberation Obon outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. (Obon is a Japanese Buddhist festival to welcome back the spirits of our Ancestors each summer season who return to…
Macron Names Right-Wing Prime Minister, ‘Turning His Back’ On French Voters
The president drew criticism for rejecting the candidate put up by the left-of-center coalition that won the most seats in parliamentary elections. By Edward Carver French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named the right-wing politician Michel Barnier as prime minister, prompting outrage…
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