Gillette’s ‘The best a man can be’ advertisement has dared to be different in how it speaks to its male…
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Settler colonialism, white supremacy, and the ‘special relationship’ between the U.S. and Israel https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ Jewish Voice for Peace calls on…
For many of us, a better diet means cutting our Western meat and sugar intakes by around 50% and doubling the…
New research shows that the 2016 Brexit vote actually had a positive effect on European integration, boosting the EU’s popularity.…
To be updated with more results (scary already but also explanative if you follow American politics ) Among liberal and moderate…
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Swedish academic Hans Rosling in his book Factfulness has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced…
Jen Schradie, Sciences Po – USPC In less than a month, France’s gilets jaunes (yellow vests) have gone from being…
Responsibility as the obligation to repair damages. Les gilets jaunes Joan Mora. François-Xavier de Vaujany, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL…
“She’ll cut your head off, and you won’t even know you’re bleeding. That’s all you need to know about her,”…
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“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” – it’s been two years with Individual Nr 1 in the White House. “We are…
A plastic waste dump. Mohameed Abdulraheem/shutterstock.com Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis This year, I served on the judging…
”You are not mature enough to tell it like it is. Even that burden you leave to your children.” Here’s…
The Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2018 is organized by the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Nobel Peace Prize – Research and…
Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey The Westminster bubble has been gripped by Theresa May’s dilemma for weeks: committed to having…
Paris is burning. Yoan Valat/EPA Michael Mehling, University of Strathclyde The gilets jaunes movement, by its own description, is motivated…
“Nøkken” (The Nix) lures people into the water to drown. Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg’s message to COP24 in Katowice:…
John Brewer, Queen’s University Belfast Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their…
“He lies in WhatsApp”, reads a sign of presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro during a protest against Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo,…
TIJUANA, MEXICO: Three tear gas canisters shot from the U.S. side landed around Maria Meza and her children, who range in…
aboutmcdonalds/flickr, CC BY-SA McDonaldization is the term invented by George Ritzer to describe a sociological phenomenon that is happening in our society. According to…
The triple bottom line (or otherwise noted as TBL or 3BL) is an accounting framework with three parts: social, environmental (or ecological) and financial. Some organizations have…
Shutterstock Ancient Silk Road – First Global Supply Chain The Silk Road was approximately 4,000 miles (6,440 km) from its…
Every flush by a typical toilet sends about 6 to 16 litres of fresh water to wastewater treatment centres. lchumpitaz/Shutterstock…
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Map: BKK should look offshore for its wind power ambitions and support Equinors efforts to electrify their platforms on the Norwegian…
70 leaders of Allied countries walk down Champ-Elysees to commemorate the cease-fire that ended The Great War. #ArmisticeDay100 ceremonies mark…
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A scholar takes a pilgrimage of the Western Front to try to comprehend the loss of lives of the First…
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Aung Sun Suu Kyi is now seen as an enabler of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Mick Tsikas/AAP Anthony Ware, Deakin University…
#Wall Trump Is Never Going To Be Reagan (he campaigned to be the next Reagan). Ronald Reagan helping in tearing down…
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Photo: Norwegian Coastal Administration. What could have caused a major oil catastrophe is still a major economic blow to Equinor. The frigate…
Nabobil.no is a web-based sharing service for hire and rental of private cars. As our private cars are parked 95…
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”—George…
In New York socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (28), Puerto-Rican American (hear that Trump?) becomes the youngest woman in Congress. #BlueWave2018 Hear that…
People in Miami learn about Amendment 4. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee Victoria Shineman, University of Pittsburgh Voters in Florida approved a…
Explaining Super PACs and PACs, Gerrymandering and other Voter Suppression, the top 20 spenders. Plutarch, Greek philosopher, and historian, 46-120…
Following the announcement of plans to form a government taskforce which will begin hunting down and arresting people who are,…
Daniel Palazzolo, University of Richmond “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men,…
Brazil, home to the Amazon, is one of just five ‘mega-wilderness’ countries. CIFOR, Author provided James Allan, The University of…
Vietnam has come closest to balancing sustainability with a good life but still falls short in some areas. EmEvn /…
Aldous Huxley and his former student George Orwell wrote arguably the two most popular novels portending the West’s dystopian future.…
Bolsonaro supporters celebrate outside his home in Rio de Janeiro after exit polls on Oct. 28 declared him the preliminary…
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‘Hate acts follow hate speech’ On Monday in one of his rallies Trump came out of the closet as a Nationalist…
EPA Joseph Lacey, University College Dublin Remainers continue to push for a people’s vote on the government’s Brexit deal and,…
President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State…
