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Afghanistan
What Trump Ousting of SecDef Mattis Means for Russia, Syria & Afghanistan

What Trump Ousting of SecDef Mattis Means for Russia, Syria & Afghanistan

The Conversation

By Scott Lucas | – The last adult in the Trump White House playground has gone – and the president is throwing his toys around. James Mattis, as defence secretary, was one of three retired generals in the Trump administration whose hope was to contain an ill-informed, temperamental, and unpredictable president. Now they’re all gone: […]

Coal
The Fossil Fuel Era is Coming to an End, but the Lawsuits are Just Beginning

The Fossil Fuel Era is Coming to an End, but the Lawsuits are Just Beginning

The Conversation

Efforts to phase out fossil fuels will have to ramp up considerably — and quickly

Christianity
Can we Make Christmas Sustainable?

Can we Make Christmas Sustainable?

The Conversation

What would Jesus Want?

Yemen
Why you Need to Understand Yemen's Houthi Rebels

Why you Need to Understand Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

The Conversation

The Houthi insurgency began in the early 1990s, spurred by Zaydi resistance to growing Wahhabi influence in the north.

Colonialism
Why do we Revere Malala but Not Ahed Tamimi?

Why do we Revere Malala but Not Ahed Tamimi?

The Conversation

“There is no justice under occupation and this court is illegal”

Climate Change
Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018

Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018

The Conversation

The strong growth is the second consecutive year of increasing emissions

Nonviolence
Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era

Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era

The Conversation

As we now face a global dearth of alternative political ideas, perhaps it’s no wonder we are turning again to the Mahatma for inspiration

astronomy and outer space
NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth

NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth

The Conversation

OSIRIS-REx may be able to aid in preventing asteroid strikes

Books
Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time

Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time

The Conversation

By Antonia Pont | – (The Conversation) – Kahlil Gibran (original spelling at birth “Khalil”) is a strange phenomenon of 20th Century letters and publishing. After Shakespeare and the Chinese poet Laozi, Gibran’s work from 1923, The Prophet, has made him the third most-sold poet of all time. This slim volume of 26 prose poems […]

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