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Afghanistan
US punishes International Criminal Court for investigating potential war crimes in Afghanistan

US punishes International Criminal Court for investigating potential war crimes in Afghanistan

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By Susan M. Akram | The Trump administration has sought to weaken or abandon various international agencies since 2016. Now it’s taking aim at the International Criminal Court, a global tribunal that investigates and prosecutes war crimes, torture and genocide. Claiming the ICC’s investigation into alleged war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan poses a […]

Green Energy
How inexpensive and powerful Perovskites could Transform Solar Panels and save the world

How inexpensive and powerful Perovskites could Transform Solar Panels and save the world

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By Sam Stranks | – The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history. This is particularly true of solar-powered electricity and battery storage. The cost of both has dropped at unprecedented rates over the past decade and energy efficient technologies such as […]

Donald Trump
The Republican National Convention: Racist Rhetoric has skyrocketed since 2016

The Republican National Convention: Racist Rhetoric has skyrocketed since 2016

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By Jennifer Saul | – The 2016 Republican National Convention was filled with chants of “lock her up” and “build that wall,” packed with fear-mongering and often openly racist messages. The 2020 convention has clearly been designed to convey a different message, highlighting speakers of colour and showcasing U.S. President Donald Trump’s pardons and his […]

Climate Crisis
Burning Oil Strengthens Hurricanes like Laura, which sow Environmental Catastrophe when they Strike Petroleum Facilities like Lousiana’s

Burning Oil Strengthens Hurricanes like Laura, which sow Environmental Catastrophe when they Strike Petroleum Facilities like Lousiana’s

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By John Pardue | – Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential for more hazardous damage in its wake. The burning BioLab facility sent dark smoke and chlorine gas into the air over the small […]

Donald Trump
Trump’s Foreign Policy of ‘America First’ often leaves the US on the Sidelines

Trump’s Foreign Policy of ‘America First’ often leaves the US on the Sidelines

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By Klaus W. Larres | – At the Republican National Convention, supporters of President Trump’s reelection bid have celebrated his attempts to build a Mexico border wall, his promise to “bring our troops home” and his pledge to end U.S. “reliance on China.” All are components of the “America First” agenda Trump ran on in […]

African-Americans
Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards Black Americans

Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards Black Americans

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By Stephen A. Jones qnd Eric Freedman | – The fury over racial injustice that erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s killing has forced Americans to confront their history. That’s unfamiliar territory for most Americans, whose historical knowledge amounts to a vague blend of fact and myth that was only half-learned in high school […]

Desertification
Pandemic Karma: Destroying Forests to Raise certain Foods Put us Closer to Viruses

Pandemic Karma: Destroying Forests to Raise certain Foods Put us Closer to Viruses

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By Terry Sunderland | – As the global population has doubled to 7.8 billion in about 50 years, industrial agriculture has increased the output from fields and farms to feed humanity. One of the negative outcomes of this transformation has been the extreme simplification of ecological systems, with complex multi-functional landscapes converted to vast swaths […]

Christianity
Why does Donald Trump appeal to so many Evangelical Christians?

Why does Donald Trump appeal to so many Evangelical Christians?

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By Emma Long | – “He’s following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your second amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God … He’s against God,” President Donald Trump told supporters during a recent trip to Ohio. Trump was speaking about Joe Biden, the Democrat challenger for the White […]

Democratic Party
Biden’s long foreign-policy record signals how he’ll reverse Trump, rebuild old alliances and lead the pandemic response

Biden’s long foreign-policy record signals how he’ll reverse Trump, rebuild old alliances and lead the pandemic response

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By Klaus W. Larres | – Even without a flashy virtual Democratic National Convention to formally introduce his presidential campaign, Joe Biden would be well known worldwide. He was U.S. president Barack Obama’s second-in-command for eight years and sat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for decades, chairing it for several years. Yet for all […]

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