Curtis Bay: A Community Fights against Deadly “Sacrifice Zone” in Baltimore
Across the Patapsco River from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor tourist district lie the former neighborhoods of Fairfield and Wagner’s Point. Throughout the 20th century, these tight-knit immigrant and Black communities were a target for the development of chemical and refining industries. Many decades of explosions, fires, and pollution from industries engulfing the area eventually led residents […]
Hedge Funds Profit Off High Food Prices and Human Misery
Following “momentum driven” algorithms that automatically determine when to buy or sell commodities at the most profitable moments as their prices rise and fall, a group of 10 major hedge funds bought up huge amounts of wheat, corn and soybeans in the months leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A new report now […]
Massive Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse in Baltimore Area Documented; But Where is the Justice?
Earlier this month, the Maryland Attorney General’s office released an explicit, brutal, and horrifying report detailing decades of child sexual abuse by clergy and employees of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Not only does the report identify countless instances of abuse by hundreds of abusers, but it also details the role of Church leadership in covering […]
Su sistema está destruyendo nuestro mundo
Desde 1970, el Día de la Tierra ha sido el día en que millones de personas en todo el mundo demuestran su preocupación por el medio ambiente. Hoy, en el Día de la Tierra, debemos pensar en la emergencia climática que amenaza toda la vida en todos los rincones del planeta. La emergencia climática es […]