After decades of searching and no confirmed sightings or recordings of 22 animal species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials this week declared those species extinct. In a world with millions of animal and plant species, this small number may not seem like a lot. But...
Across the world, women’s rights are under attack. This has included a massive legal assault on women’s rights throughout the U.S. This year, 561 abortion restrictions, including 165 abortion bans, have been introduced in 47 states. Eighty-three of these restrictions,...
Last Friday, young people took to the streets for the first global Fridays for Future climate strike of 2021. Protesters marched all over the world, with actions in over 1,800 cities and towns. Everywhere the demand was the same: take the climate crisis seriously!...
According to recent federal data, deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed in 2020 – an increase of 30% compared to 2019. It was the highest number of overdose deaths recorded in a 12-month period in the history of the United States. “We have never seen that ever, a 30...
This is a repost of an article from the Johns Hopkins News-Letter, published on September 20, 2021 written by Michelle Limpe A year and a half after George Floyd protests began, a socialist organization called Speak Out Now hosted a discussion about police brutality...
