How the international community is failing to protect the Rohingya people
Ashraful Azad
Via Open Democracy
At this moment, a genocide is happening in Myanmar of which most of the
Consistently, one of the most trafficked pages on Deceleration is a reprint of an article I wrote about the poisoning of the people of Gulfport, Miss., by Agent Orange chemicals
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Dozens of self-described water protectors flooded a construction site in Far West Texas this morning, shutting
Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Oregon State University and Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University
What lies beneath the deep, dark expanse of the ocean is something that has fascinated sailors, fishermen, adventurers, poets
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change:
How is it measured and what it means.
Ray Weymann/Central Coast Climate Science
It is frequently said that “97 percent of climate scientists
Tabulating the amount of carbon stored in the Canadian tar sands, retired NASA climate scientist James Hansen said the burning of that tarry storehouse while continuing a business-as-usual petroleum-powered agenda
From Waging Nonviolence:
In the wake of untold civilian casualties in Syria, thousands have pledged their support for what’s being called the Civil March for Aleppo. The initiative, which
“Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach
He was groomed from childhood to one day be a key leader in the white nationalist movement. Then, after being outed at his liberal arts college as a racist streaming-radio
Smooth-talking con artists are familiar figures in American folklore. The well-dressed hustler arrives in an unsuspecting town. He pitches some miracle cure or get-rich-quick scheme, door-to-door or from atop a
The incoming Trump administration may be packed to the gills with those who deny the fact or relevance of climate change—with Trump himself repeatedly tweeting that global warming is