Is calling someone fat really akin to racism? We won’t solve the obesity crisis if we can’t say some people are grossly overweight
June 08, 2020 at 09:26 AM
Just like many other things, fat shaming is now deemed racist and sexist. But with an obesity epidemic looming which will cost us all, tip-toeing around the issue won't help. Read More »
Lessons from Palestine: America’s People of Color Need a Sustained Resistance Movement
June 05, 2020 at 10:42 AM
The notion of an ongoing resistance by people of color in the US sounds outlandish but might be what is needed in order to rid America of its racist and violent attitudes. Read More »
Lawyers of George Floyd Family to Open UN Human Rights Case, Seek Sanctions Against US
June 04, 2020 at 10:48 AM
If there ever was a clear cut case for human rights abuse, it is the ongoing and pervasive disregard for communities of color by the police and concomitant prison-judicial complex in America. Read More »
“The World Cannot Breathe!” Squashed by the U.S. – A Country Built on Genocide and Slavery
June 03, 2020 at 08:38 AM
More than two centuries of lies are now getting exposed. Bizarre tales about freedom and democracy are collapsing like houses of cards. Read More »
From Soft to Hard Fascism: “Get in Your House Right Now!”
June 03, 2020 at 06:20 AM
There can no longer be any doubt—America is now a full-blown fascist state. Read More »
Tired of Lockdown, New Yorkers Flood Local Bars, Beaches
May 18, 2020 at 04:08 AM
New York City has been the worst-hit coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot in the world, having registered more than 28,000 fatalities, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Read More »
Covid-19 crisis leaves 700,000 children without sufficient food in Italy – report
May 14, 2020 at 04:11 AM
The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic hardship has left 700,000 children under 15 years of age in Italy without enough food, the country's biggest farming organization has warned. Read More »
US unemployment hits 33.5 MILLION, marking worst economic downturn since Great Depression
May 11, 2020 at 03:53 AM
Another three million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending May 2, which brings the total claims over the seven weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown to over 33 million. Read More »
Closedown vs. No Closedown: Part 2
April 23, 2020 at 05:42 AM
In Chinese and Japanese cities where the spread of the virus was successfully controlled and the cities reopened, the result has been a second wave of infections (see this). Read More »
‘Covid-19 isn’t going to go away’: Having face masks on will become NEW REALITY to live with, WHO envoy warns
April 15, 2020 at 02:50 AM
Wearing face masks will become a “revolutionary” new norm of life the world needs to get accustomed to, just like it did when learning of cholera in the 19th century and of HIV in the 20th, a WHO coronavirus expert predicted. Read More »
