The man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China was that First Emperor …who likewise ordered the burning of all the books before him
- Africa (127)
- Animals (1)
- Asia (703)
- Authoritarianism (125)
- Cats (1)
- Culture (372)
- Dehydration (1)
- Democracy (179)
- Dissent (266)
- Economy (557)
- Education (59)
- Elderly (2)
- Energy (919)
- Environment (1,181)
- Europe (642)
- Featured (2,092)
- fiction (5)
- Food (7)
- Guns (9)
- History (186)
- Human Rights (912)
- Immigration (17)
- International (636)
- Islamophobia (263)
- Juan Cole (264)
- Latin America (52)
- Latinos (3)
- leisure (21)
- media (343)
- Middle East (6,317)
- Arab World (4,241)
- Iran (688)
- Israel (648)
- Israel/ Palestine (1,595)
- Israel/Palestine (8)
- Kurds (235)
- Turkey (369)
- military (103)
- Modernism (1)
- nationalism (98)
- NATO (4)
- Natural Disasters (11)
- nuclear weapons (41)
- Patriarchy (1)
- Peace (63)
- Persian mythology (1)
- Popular Culture (22)
- Poverty (6)
- privacy (19)
- racism (259)
- Rape (5)
- religion (726)
- Rights (124)
- Romance (1)
- science (98)
- Secular (West) (7)
- Secularism (20)
- Sexual Assault (2)
- South Pacific (1)
- Spirituality (20)
- Statelessness (14)
- Surveillance (255)
- Terrorism (1,005)
- Tolerance (4)
- Uncategorized (8,023)
- United Nations (64)
- Urbanization (3)
- US Foreign Policy (448)
- US politics (2,940)
- Anti-War Movement (5)
- Campaign Finance (23)
- Censors (21)
- Central Intelligence Agency (56)
- Civil Rights (75)
- Constitution (237)
- crime (3)
- Democratic Party (438)
- Democratic Socialists of America (2)
- Domestic Terrorism (15)
- Drone Warfare (24)
- Espionage (108)
- Ethnicities (218)
- Far Right (156)
- FBI (34)
- Foreign Policy (193)
- Gay Rights (12)
- Guns (59)
- Immigration (148)
- Israel Lobbies (73)
- Marijuana (1)
- Militarization (207)
- National Security State (363)
- Native Americans (20)
- Nuclear arsenal (5)
- penitentiaries (6)
- Pentagon (254)
- Police (19)
- prison reform (3)
- Puerto Rico (25)
- Religious Right (1)
- Reproductive Choice (7)
- Republican Party (1,710)
- Supreme Court (41)
- Voter suppression (18)
- Whistleblowers (3)
- Xenophobia (7)
- Veterans (18)
- Voting Rights (4)
- War (228)
- Western Religion (347)
- White Supremacists (46)
- wikileaks (8)
- women (259)
- workers (112)
- Writing (5)
- Youth (111)
Desertification
Burning Fossil Fuels risks Tipping Earth into ‘Hothouse’ State: Study
Tampa (AFP) – The planet urgently needs to transition to a green economy because fossil fuel pollution risks pushing the Earth into a lasting and dangerous “hothouse” state, researchers warned on Monday. If polar ice continues to melt, forests are slashed and greenhouse gases rise to new highs — as they currently do each year […]
Is Fertile Crescent Drying up? Neighbors’ Dams, Global Heating, and Iraq’s Low Tigris
Multi-Billion Dollar Budget Needed To Keep Iraq’s Water Flowing
Global Heating: 3 Largest Wildfires in California History all have Raged since 2012
The Watchers | – – The Thomas Fire in California is burning for the 13th day in a row and has now grown to 259 000 acres (104 813 ha), making it the third largest wildfire in the history of California. As of December 16, the fire is only 40% contained and is still growing. One […]
To stop Global Heating, Meat Taxes are Coming
By Matt Mace | edie.net | (Euractiv.com) – – Estimates suggest that meat and dairy demand will mean agriculture will emit 20 gigatonnes of emission per year by 2050, out of the annual limit of 23 needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s targets. Investors say that the implementation of the Paris Agreement will lead some […]
COP23: Global Heating threatens Mideast with Mega-Droughts
By Christophe Maroun | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – As the world's nations met in Bonn, Germany for the 23rd annual conference of the parties (COP23) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 2017 was set to be one of the hottest years on record. COP 23 Logo. Source: COP 23 Website. Researchers […]
It’s up to You: Corporations won’t save us from Global Heating
Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg | (The Conversation) | – – While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also seen by many as crucial to tackling climate change. However, our research shows how corporations’ ambitious pro-climate proposals are systematically degraded by criticism from shareholders, media, governments, other corporations and […]
As Trump & Pruitt unleash Climate Demons, Scientists dream of Atlantic Wind Farm
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The debate over whether Donald Trump or Rex Tillerson has the higher IQ, provoked by a Trump tweet that he now says was a joke, actually raises a serious question. Why would someone deliberately sabotage our air, water and climate? The science needed for understanding that […]
Can Coffee survive Climate Change?
Sylvain Charlebois | (The Conversation) | – – Fall is always a good time to create new habits, and coffee chains know it. These days, they are desperately trying to find any excuse to get you to drink their java. Many chains used National or International Coffee Day, just passed, as a reason to offer […]