Opinion & Analysis
- Washinton tribes, environmental groups sue over Endangered Species Act rule change
This story was originally published by Washington State Standard. Aspen Ford Washington State Standard Washington tribes and environmental organizations sued the federal government Tuesday, July 14, arguing that recent changes to Endangered Species Act rules defy scientific research and pave the way for the destruction…
- New Mexico advocates back effort to expand federal radiation exposure compensation program
This story was originally published by Source New Mexico. Patrick Lohmann Source New Mexico A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers announced Tuesday, July 14, they will soon seek to further expand the 2025 federal Radiation and Exposure Compensation Act to include more communities sickened by historic nuclear te…
- Deaf And Native Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Sign Language Offers A Cultural Connection
This story was produced by Honolulu Civil Beat , a nonprofit news organization covering Hawaiʻi that specializes in accountability and in-depth enterprise coverage. For more stories like this, subscribe to their newsletters . Tia Lewis Honolulu Civil Beat Growing up on Oʻahu in the 1950s, Maile Keamoai-Kane lear…
- Bridging Tradition and Technology: The 1st Meeting of Indigenous Youth Communicators of Bahia
Bridging Tradition and Technology: The 1st Meeting of Indigenous Youth Communicators of Bahia Country Brazil agnes Fri, 07/17/2026 - 18:43 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Angel Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern) On July 10-12, 2026, the Payayá Territory, located in the municipality of Utinga, the gateway to Chapa…
- ICT NEWSCAST: America250, Sovereignty, History, Colonialism, Resilience and more
The ICT Newscast for Friday, July 17, 2026, covers a conversation about the United States’ 250th anniversary with Indigenous leaders: Philip J. Deloria, Se-ah-dom Edmo and Charitie Ropati. Check out the ICT Newscast on YouTube for this episode and more. Indigenous Leaders Reflect on “America 250” and a Legacy of Erasur…
- Smoke heavily impacting Great Lakes tribes, Indigenous communities
Amelia Schafer ICT MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Smoke from Canadian wildfires that have ravaged entire First Nations communities continued to blow across the Great Lakes region Friday, even making its way into the Washington D.C. metro area. Across that region are nearly 30 tribal communities and several cities with si…
- REPORT: Federal funding cuts drastically hurt Indigenous programs addressing domestic violence, sexual assault and MMIP
WARNING: This story contains mentions of rape, sexual assault, sex trafficking and domestic violence. If you need help, reach out to law enforcement, or you can call the National Domestic Violence Helpline at 1-800-799-7233 or the Stronghearts Native Helpline at 844-762-8483. Pauly Denetclaw ICT Abigail Echo-Hawk was s…
- Odyssey to Africa’s last colony
In the run-up to its theatrical release, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey became embroiled in online polemics after Elon Musk attacked the movie’s supposed “woke” casting. Yet beyond this contrived spectacle lies a far more important criticism to be made of the filmmakers: their decision to shoot part of the movie in Af…
- Geometry, football and the World Cup final
Spain will play Argentina in the Fifa World Cup final on Sunday. The highly anticipated match takes place in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, with the teams vying for the most coveted prize in football. Attacking flair and physicality will no doubt play a role. But we could also see an underappreciated element of football…
- ‘We made history’: Dugout launch first in recent memory
Amelia Schafer ICT MENOMINEE, Michigan – Stepping out of a traditional dugout canoe, called Maeqtek-ōs in the Menominee language, canoe creator Wayne Swett raised his fist high in the air and proudly proclaimed: “We made history.” Until Wednesday, no one could remember the last time Menominee people paddled a dug…
- Award-Winning Indigenous Artists and Cultural Leaders Will Gather in Tiverton, RI
Award-Winning Indigenous Artists and Cultural Leaders Will Gather in Tiverton, RI Country United States agnes Fri, 07/17/2026 - 09:51 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image Meet Indigenous artists from around the world through music, art, food, storytelling and hands on experiences The Cultural Survival Baz…
- Andy Burnham is the Labour leader – third time lucky for the UK’s prime minister-in-waiting
Andy Burnham has won on his third attempt to be Labour’s leader. In a wide-ranging speech to Labour MPs at a special conference in London, a jubilant Burnham pledged to “bring back hope” and promised to be a leader for all nations of the UK. But it has taken him well over a decade to get here. In 2010, as a rising star…
- INDIGENOUS A&E: Kiowa rocker, Music City Native art, chip weaving
Sandra Hale Schulman ICT The latest: Pioneering Native guitarist, Native art at the Country Music Hall of Fame and hi-tech wool MUSIC: Celebrating Jesse Ed Davis Pioneering Kiowa rock guitarist Jesse Ed Davis — who played with legends John Lennon, George Harrison, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan and, perhaps most notab…
- Introducing PLAN, the tool that finds every public lands fight open for comment right now
The Public Lands Action Network is a free tool that finds every public lands decision open for comment and helps you write the one comment the law makes them answer.
- Repeated storms are turning disaster recovery into a way of life, and leaving communities facing disaster fatigue
As storms intensify in our warming world, recovery no longer feels permanent in places at risk of disasters. Instead, it’s too often a temporary reprieve before the next disaster hits. Recognizing community disaster fatigue is an important step toward building resilient recovery systems.
- On autumn asters, bumblebees find warmth at season’s end
Sowing flowers in spring may have a surprising effect on the inner lives of bees.
- Trump is rehashing old claims the 2020 election was stolen. His real aim: sowing doubt in the midterms
US President Donald Trump has used a rare nationwide prime-time address to again claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen, US voting machines cannot be trusted, and a “deep state” conspiracy has covered it all up. However, the declassified documents the White House released alongside the speech do not support th…
- ‘Tactically complete’ Spain vs an inspired Messi-led Argentina. Who will win the World Cup final?
A record 102 matches have been played, leaving just two games to decide the 2026 FIFA World Cup : the third-place playoff (between France and England) and the final. The championship match, to be played on Sunday evening US time , will see Spain take on Argentina in a fitting finale between the world’s two highest-rank…
- Northern First Nation razed by wildfire
Miles Morrisseau ICT The Namaygoosisagagun (Collins) First Nation has been destroyed by a fast moving fire that came on so quickly, people were forced to carry out an emergency evacuation; including some forced to flee by boat. Residents reported having only minutes to gather their belongings before homes were overtake…
- Them at 25: Jon Ronson’s adventures with extremists made him famous – and Alex Jones, too
Jon Ronson’s book Them: Adventures with Extremists launched him to worldwide fame – and more dubiously, launched conspiracy theorist Alex Jones . Though Jones has been deplatformed, his influence lingers: just this week, it was reported that Australia’s far-right One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts praised Jones in 2024…
- Black Agenda Radio July 17, 2026
Black Agenda Radio July 17, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/17/2026 - 04:19 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio July 17, 2026 In this week’s segment, we discuss the Supreme Court ruling that ends Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. But we begin with So…
- The Anti-Immigration Movement in South Africa
The Anti-Immigration Movement in South Africa Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/17/2026 - 04:12 What is behind this South African movement that drives immigrants out of the country? We are joined by Nairobi-based political writer and strategist Clinton Nzala, who provides analysis of…
- Trump Administration Ends TPS for Haitians
Trump Administration Ends TPS for Haitians Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/17/2026 - 04:07 On June 25, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Syrians would end. What does this ruling mean for the more than 350,000 Haitian…
- World Cup VAR controversies show why human referees should decide where potential fouls begin
Two contested decisions at the 2026 World Cup have reignited debate over how video assistant referee (VAR) reviews should work, and how far back a referee should look when deciding what counts as part of the same passage of play. VAR allows referees to review contentious incidents using replay footage, with the human r…
- Kentucky landowner works to preserve, restore 200-year-old Choctaw Academy dormitory
This story was originally published by Kentucky Lantern. Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Shopping for a farm in Scott County, Dr. William “Chip” Richardson, a Georgetown ophthalmologist, found one with a feature that grabbed his attention. “There was this really old building,” said Richardson, who discovered that the s…
- Backed into a corner by Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, Trump may resort to even more reckless escalation
In a moment of brazen hubris in the Oval Office last year, US President Donald Trump railed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky . He accused Zelensky of not being thankful for US support in Ukraine’s existential struggle against invading Russian forces, and famously told him: “You don’t have the cards”. Now, more…
- As climate and conflict collide, Indigenous leaders confront overlapping crises at the UN
This story was originally published by Grist. Te Aniwaniwa Paterson & Dionne Phillips Grist This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. Although it’s been nearly 20 years since more than 100 countries adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the rights and lives of t…
- Could Count Binface actually win?
Pollsters recently asked a sample of adults in Britain who they would prefer to win the byelection in Clacton. The rather surprising answers showed that 33% favoured “comedy” candidate Count Binface, compared to just 21% who would back Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. The resignation earlier this month of Farage as MP fo…
- Issakaba: what a 1999 Nollywood classic reveals about Nigeria’s security crisis today
Nigeria is grappling with banditry, kidnapping and insurgency amid renewed debates over community policing and the creation of state police . A Nollywood classic released more than 25 years ago remains strikingly relevant today. Released in 1999, Issakaba was inspired by the real-life Bakassi Boys vigilante movement. I…
- Racism at the World Cup is an ugly reality. How to understand where it comes from
Racism was in the news once again at the World Cup. But it comes in many forms. Thirdman/Pexels No African teams made it past the quarter-finals of the 2026 men’s football World Cup , but their strategic and tactical play left a lasting impression . The success of African teams doesn’t come out of the blue, it’s the re…
- Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease
A farmer gathers goat carcasses in drought-hit northeastern Kenya on Jan. 21, 2026. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images The impacts of a strengthening El Niño and the lingering effects of the war in Iran highlight two separate and seemingly unrelated global hazards. But in the Greater Horn of Africa, an area already bese…
- From colonial storage to open access
It’s a cozy Thursday evening in Nairobi, and important conversations are about to begin. I ask my sound engineer, “Are you ready to record?” She signals yes. Deep breath in. Hold the mic close. “Welcome to Hadithi Hangout Chapter. . . . ” This is just one of the many conversations recorded and archived across Africa ev…
- From the 2010 Olympics to the World Cup, Vancouver has pioneered Indigenous inclusion
Anne M. Peterson AP Soccer Writer VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Scattered among the many big screens airing World Cup matches and the food stands with local fare like poutine, Vancouver’s fan festival includes exhibits recognizing the host city’s Indigenous communities: the Squamish, the Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nat…
- ‘Industrial memories’: What the history of the Anthropocene can tell us about where we’re headed
Industrial landscapes are living reminders of how centuries of fossil-fuel development reshaped Earth’s systems. As the Anthropocene unfolds, that legacy continues to shape our future. Historian Sabine Höhler argues that bridging the divide between human and Earth history is essential to understanding where we are and…
- Stop press, same news: No energy transition, again
Has the much‑discussed energy transition actually begun? So far, the answer is no. With only brief dips in crisis years, global fossil fuel use has risen every year since 1983. The newly released 2025 data confirm: humanity burned more of every major energy source in 2025 than ever before.
- Limestone whitewash: An old material with practical benefits
Modern paints contain toxic chemicals that linger in our homes and bodies, while traditional lime-based whitewash offers a low-energy, low-tox alternative that brightens buildings, protects surfaces and can even ‘sweeten’ acidic soils to boost fertility.
- LDS church would get sacred site, Martin’s Cove, under proposed BLM land trade now gaining steam
This story was originally published by WyoFile. Mike Koshmrl WyoFile NATRONA COUNTY—Driving eastbound toward Martin’s Cove, Lloyd Larsen tried to hammer home the profound cultural significance of the place he was headed. His destination, about an hour’s drive southwest of Casper, is holy ground for nearly 18 million me…
- A’uwẽ Xavante Leaders, Communities, Organizations, and Cultural Survival Release “Let the A'uwẽ-Xavante Keep Dreaming” Report at EMRIP
A’uwẽ Xavante Leaders, Communities, Organizations, and Cultural Survival Release “Let the A'uwẽ-Xavante Keep Dreaming” Report at EMRIP Country Brazil agnes Wed, 07/15/2026 - 20:38 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image Today, July 15, 2026, at an official side event at the 19th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on t…
- Meet Our 2026 Cohort of Indigenous Youth Fellows from Africa and Asia
Meet Our 2026 Cohort of Indigenous Youth Fellows from Africa and Asia Country Global jamie Wed, 07/15/2026 - 10:01 Issues None Program 5 Main Image Page Section .gp-lightbox { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .88); display: none; align-items: flex-start; justify-content:…
- China is funding African farmers but not food processing and storage: why it’s a problem
China has become one of Africa’s largest development financiers . Since 2000, Chinese and other state-backed institutions have committed more than US$180 billion in loans to African countries. The money has been used to finance roads, railways, power stations, ports, water infrastructure and industrial projects. Agricu…
- Cultural Survival Summer Bazaars: Planting and Spreading Indigenous Flavors
Cultural Survival Summer Bazaars: Planting and Spreading Indigenous Flavors Country United States agnes Wed, 07/15/2026 - 08:54 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Emilse Siares (Kolla, CS Staff) “In your hands, grandmother, cook of the world, things suddenly become magical," says Armando Te…
- Crazy Town: Episode 129. Finding Crazy Town Part 1: The Strait of Everything
What happens when the global economy depends on fish traveling 10,000 miles, oil flowing through a single strait, and enough cheap fossil fuel energy to build civilizations that previous generations couldn't even imagine?
- Shutting down federal bee labs threatens bees, beekeepers and the US food system
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in Maryland that is home to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis hub. The closure comes at a critical moment for bees.
- How propaganda and false information are undermining humanitarian work
From vaccine hesitancy to conflict-zone rumors, false information is making it harder for humanitarian organizations to build trust, protect civilians, and save lives.
- Ethiopia’s debt problem
On June 29, Ethiopia announced an agreement in principle with a committee representing about 45 percent of the holders of its defaulted $1 billion Eurobond. The proposed exchange would cut the bond’s principal by 12 percent, pay nearly $100 million in missed coupons, and attach a warrant that could give investors acces…
- 23 Responses to Economics’ Biggest-ever Question
Economicsandthe Biophysical Limits to Economic Growth Edited by Edward Fullbrook and Jamie Morgan For over a century economics has loosely guided the global economy’s national economies. Natural science tells us that the climate crisis has been both caused by the global economy and ultimately threatens its existence. B…
- How US renewable-energy growth persists despite federal policy uncertainty
Despite recent shifts in federal energy policies, a Carbon Brief analysis shows that the US transition to renewable energy is continuing.
- Why building inspiring alternatives is necessary to counter authoritarianism
Vulnerable communities face growing threats: the climate crisis is outpacing scientists’ worst predictions and authoritarianism is no longer a distant possibility. So what can we do? We build. We shift away from reform and instead direct our energy toward creating entirely new ones.
- The Great Dying offers a warning for a world ignoring climate collapse
Are we doomed within the next fifty years, or will it take many centuries? The end-Permian “Great Dying” can help us put today’s extinction crisis into perspective. The unsettling parallels offer a possible roadmap if we learn to see geological history as a series of recurring patterns rather than distant, irrelevant e…
- Nepal's New Government’s Fast Track Project Priority Sparks Conflict Over Indigenous Newar Lands in Khokana
Nepal's New Government’s Fast Track Project Priority Sparks Conflict Over Indigenous Newar Lands in Khokana Country Nepal agnes Mon, 07/13/2026 - 19:41 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) After winning the March 5, 2026, early legislative elections, the new Nepali gov…
- How earth-centered education helps children learn through nature, play, and relationship
An ecological approach to learning uses outdoor play, storytelling, and shared experience to help children develop a kinship worldview — a deep recognition that living and nonliving parts of the Earth are fundamentally connected.
- Why pronatalism won’t reverse birth-rate decline
Slower growth — and ultimately zero growth — is good for people and the planet, but not for those in power, who for millennia relied on women's reproductive labor to produce more workers, consumers, and taxpayers. Today’s Trump-era and even progressive pronatalist policies try to reverse the trend, but there's a reason…
- A legacy worth celebrating? Reflecting on 250 years of the American experiment
As America marks its 250th birthday, Nate takes a moment to step outside of the celebrations to seek out a wider boundary perspective on this milestone holiday. He poses the question of whether the United States has truly matured as a nation over two and a half centuries, particularly through the lenses of energy, ecol…
- The dangers of using ungrounded idealisations
from Lars Syll Using simplifying tractability or heuristic assumptions — rational expectations, common knowledge, representative agents, linearity, additivity, ergodicity, and so forth — does not exempt economists from having to justify their modelling choices, even if such assumptions are necessary for them to ‘manipu…
- Measured bodies and moving men
In 1950s apartheid South Africa, visibility was never neutral. To appear publicly as Black, urban, fashionable, and modern carried political meaning in a society built on racial segregation and control. It was within this environment that Drum magazine emerged as one of the most influential publications for Black reade…
- ‘Let’s call it earth grief’: Naming pain and loss in the age of climate crisis
For decades, climate professionals and the informed public have been living with the disturbing knowledge of what is coming. Now, as the impacts of climate predictions begin to come true, we live with the devastating reality of what is happening, and we feel it deeply. This sorrow deserves a name.
- A brief introduction to the bioregional movement and bioregional congressing
As climate disruption, biodiversity loss and political polarization deepen, a revived bioregional movement is emerging worldwide. This piece traces its roots and explores why place is becoming a source of resilience and belonging.
- Food waste isn’t just about what we throw away, it’s a systems problem
Across discussions on policy, technology, supply chains, and community partnerships at a food waste summit earlier this year, a different pattern emerged: food waste rarely appeared as an isolated issue. Instead, it surfaced as a signal of deeper system failures.
- What Cabo Verde’s World Cup debut means for African football
It happened. Cabo Verde lost to Argentina and exited the 2026 FIFA World Cup. And I couldn’t be prouder. As a former football player, lifelong lover of the beautiful game, and Cabo Verdean-American, watching Cabo Verde compete on the world stage for the first time felt bigger than sports. What this team represented wen…
- Black Agenda Report July 10, 2026
Black Agenda Report July 10, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/10/2026 - 05:03 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Report July 10, 2026 In this week’s segment, we hear about the fascist, white supremacist organization, Patriot Front, and the meaning of their recent march in Washin…
- War in Sudan: Impacts on the Horn of Africa and West Asia
War in Sudan: Impacts on the Horn of Africa and West Asia Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/10/2026 - 04:51 The war in Sudan between government forces and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) backed Rapid Support Force (RSF) continues, and so does what experts call the worst humanitarian c…
- Opposing Patriot Front and White Supremacist Groups
Opposing Patriot Front and White Supremacist Groups Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/10/2026 - 04:38 Daryle Lamont Jenkins is founder of One People’s Project , which seeks to combat and expose right-wing, white supremacist groups and individuals. He joins us from New Brunswick, New…
- A'uwẽ-Xavante Leaders Take Brazil's “Green” Railway to the United Nations
A'uwẽ-Xavante Leaders Take Brazil's “Green” Railway to the United Nations Country Brazil agnes Thu, 07/09/2026 - 12:00 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image For Immediate Release A'uwẽ-Xavante leaders travel 9,000 kilometers from the Brazilian Cerrado to the United Nations in Geneva to ask the question behind…
- Growth mania is fueling dangerous advances in AI – and its existential risks
AI risk represents the apex of growth mania, where a few tech elites gamble with humanity’s future. They take these risks without our consent and without our interests in mind. The result could be humanity being replaced as Earth’s most intelligent species by a silicon-based successor.
- Uganda’s peasant movements push back against harmful pesticides with agroecology
While Europe has banned hazardous pesticides, the same chemicals are exported to African countries such as Uganda, where farmers often apply them with minimal protection and without legal recourse. ESAFF Uganda and its partners are challenging the EU and demanding change.
- Investigation: Russia Is Replacing Independent Indigenous Voices with State- and Corporate-Aligned Representatives at UN Events
Investigation: Russia Is Replacing Independent Indigenous Voices with State- and Corporate-Aligned Representatives at UN Events Country Russia agnes Wed, 07/08/2026 - 16:19 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image For Immediate Release Press release from Solidarity Campaign On July 8 2026, …
- Art as Memory, Resistance, and Identity: A Conversation with Bepbere Pat-i Kayapó
Art as Memory, Resistance, and Identity: A Conversation with Bepbere Pat-i Kayapó Country Brazil agnes Wed, 07/08/2026 - 10:57 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Pablo Xol (Maya Q'eqchi', CS Staff) Mainstream art narratives often belong to pristine galleries and urban centers, leaving the profound cr…
- The ungovernable Gen-Z
The tales told of the origins of colonial Nairobi, formerly Enkare Nyirobi, are awash with references to railways, guns and the Imperial British East Africa Company. Animating them are hunters and loyalists; resistors displaced and burned, new locomotive terrains forged. Yet, I would also argue that there are two criti…
- FIFA and the Red Card - A Special Bulletin
FIFA and the Red Card - A Special Bulletin bareditors Wed, 07/08/2026 - 02:10 Black Alliance For Peace
- Central Halmahera Residents Reject Nickel Industry Expansion in the Name of Energy Transition
Central Halmahera Residents Reject Nickel Industry Expansion in the Name of Energy Transition Country Indonesia agnes Mon, 07/06/2026 - 12:12 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Anonymous Journalism Fellow from Indonesia On May 28 and 29, 2026, in commemoration of Indonesia’s Anti-Mining Day, a coalition…
- South Africa in history’s struggle
Kevin Cox’s late-2025 New Left Review essay, “South Africa in History’s Shadow,” presents itself as a corrective to what he regards as insufficiently structural explanations of post-apartheid South Africa. Rejecting liberal moralism, culturalist essentialism, and what he characterises as the naïveté of the post-aparthe…
- “The Farce of You Lie”: Gerald Horne Discusses the Founding of the United States
“The Farce of You Lie”: Gerald Horne Discusses the Founding of the United States bareditors Fri, 07/03/2026 - 23:26 Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Dr. Gerald Horne
- No shortcuts
The heated debate about the Conference of the Left has once again revealed a recurring weakness in South African left politics: we often start from the question of political form before we have sufficiently confronted the question of social forces. We ask whether there should be a party, a front, a coalition, a movemen…
- Black Agenda Radio July 3, 2026
Black Agenda Radio July 3, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/03/2026 - 05:09 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio July 3, 2026 In this week’s segment, we hear analysis of the situation in Cuba, which is struggling under a U.S. siege meant to undo the revolution. Yet Cuba is r…
- Haiti Under U.S. Occupation and State Violence
Haiti Under U.S. Occupation and State Violence Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/03/2026 - 04:53 Dr. Jemima Pierre is an editor and contributor to Black Agenda Report and a professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She joins BAR editor Margaret Kimberley to discus…
- The globalization of African football
Football in Africa is more than a sport. It is a scene of dreams, stories of post-colonial expectation, and an image reflecting the continent’s frictional integration into the global capitalist system. From its colonial introduction through the independence era to the age of football as “big business,” the game has bee…
- What Mbappé, Olise and Yamal can’t fix
If Spain and France meet in the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, as the bookies predict, three of the brightest talents currently playing the game will take the field, all sharing a quality entirely unrelated to footballing skills. Kylian Mbappé, Michael Olise, and Lamine Yamal are all of mixed Maghrebi and Black Afri…
- The indelible African superfan
In African football, simplicity is a snooze. While a casual spectator might be content to sit and shout: “Yay!” to celebrate a late goal, for the superfan — the continent’s own brand of match-day superhero — expectations of exaltation are sky-high. The form these icons take is as unpredictable as the game itself; step…
- Football won’t rescue the nation
What makes the current age feel particularly unnerving, even desperate, is that people’s apolitical pleasures and pastimes are colonized to an unprecedented degree. Disillusioned, we’ve long come to accept that politics may be intractable. Most people now seek betterment, or simply respite, in private life. But what ha…
- Quick Thoughts on Wealth
from Dean Baker Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar payday from the IPO of SpaceX has hugely amplified the public’s focus on extreme wealth inequality. Musk’s economic and political power is certainly something to be concerned about, but wealth can be a misleading focus. I have raised this point before; wealth can be a mislead…
- Federal judge rules EPA illegally cut climate justice grants, including $20 million for tribe in Nevada
This story was originally published by Nevada Current. Jeniffer Solis Nevada Current A South Carolina federal judge ruled last week that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of environmental justice grants was illegal, a decision that could impact $20 million in federal funding rescinded from the Walker R…
- ICT NEWSCAST: The Battle of Greasy Grass Celebrations, Juneteenth and an Indigenous Father’s Day
The ICT Newscast for Friday, June 19, 2026, covers the Battle of Greasy Grass, Tribal leadership training, Juneteenth and Fathers Day. Check out the ICT Newscast on YouTube for this episode and more. 150 Years Later: Remembering the Battle of Greasy Grass AKA Little Bighorn This month marks the 150th anniversary of the…
- Tohono O’odham Nation fights back against border wall on its lands
Daniel Herrera Carbajal ICT The Tohono O’odham Nation has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over its plans to construct a border wall on the tribe’s lands. The suit was filed Tuesday as DHS plans to award contracts in the coming weeks to construct the border wall, according to a press rel…
- Boarding school oral history project to conclude in Tulsa
Amelia Schafer ICT A nearly three-year long tour across the United States gathering oral histories from survivors of the Indian boarding school era ends this month, with a final event being hosted June 22-26 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. The oral history project…
- Always searching
Abdullah Ibrahim was a difficult man to interview. He spoke in parables, metaphors, metaphysics, and cosmology. Ask him about a concert, and he might answer with a story about a shark and a monkey. Ask him about politics, and he would take you to the Green Kalahari, or Rumi, or Einstein’s curvature of time and space. A…
- INDIGENOUS A&E: Autry winners, Botany history and the #skoden film
Sandra Hale Schulman ICT The latest: Native arts shine at Autry, Chef Sherman examines plant history, documentary humanizes an iconic Indian Country meme MUSEUM ARTS: Jewelry, pottery and hoop dancing The American Indian Arts Marketplace at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles is a standout event every summer. On June 6 and…
- World Cup: what’s just the right height for a soccer player?
It’s a Darwinian jungle out there in sportsland. Players with the right stuff are selected, and those without it end up on the sidelines. If you haven’t got what it takes, they won’t take what you’ve got. This certainly applies to skill, grit, stamina and strength, but also to body size and shape. What researchers call…
- Andy Burnham is back at Westminster: what this says about Britain’s changing political system
Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield byelection doesn’t simply mark the return of one of Labour’s most recognisable figures to parliament. With his clear ambitions to lead his party – and the country – it may also represent a landmark moment in English devolution. His thumping win – taking 55% of the votes and more…
- Democracy’s next big test: could a Trump-endorsed US citizen become Colombia’s president?
On Sunday, voters in Colombia will choose their next president in a contest that could have implications far beyond the country’s borders. One of the leading candidates is Abelardo de la Espriella , a far-right celebrity lawyer who has been endorsed by US President Donald Trump and has pledged to take an “iron fist” ap…
- Black Agenda Report June 19, 2026
Black Agenda Report June 19, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/19/2026 - 06:12 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Report June 19, 2026 In this week’s segment, we discuss the increase in racist mob violence against Black and brown immigrants in Britain. First, we have a discussion…
- Rent Regulation and the Housing Crisis for Black New Yorkers
Rent Regulation and the Housing Crisis for Black New Yorkers Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/19/2026 - 06:01 Many apartments in New York City are protected by rent regulations which determine how much rent can be charged and how much increases, if any, can be. These regulations are…
- Racist Mob Attacks in Britain
Racist Mob Attacks in Britain Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/19/2026 - 05:56 On June 8th, a knife attack in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the UK, was seen on video. The assailant was an African asylum seeker, and the victim was a local white resident. In the following days,…
- One US-made drug treats congenital syphilis, and the country is running short
This story was originally published by Stateline. Nada Hassanein Stateline The United States has a shortage of the only first-line medication recommended for pregnant women with syphilis to prevent passing it to their baby, even as congenital syphilis rates have been skyrocketing. Last July, drug manufacturer Pfizer is…
- ‘Park the bus’, ‘the false nine’ and ‘total football’: what do soccer’s strange phrases mean?
The World Cup captures the attention of passionate supporters all around the world, as well as casual fans who get swept up in the excitement every four years. Hardcore fans follow as many games as closely as they can, assessing not just the wins, draws and losses, but also more technical aspects such as possession per…
- Utah bid to roll back Grand Staircase-Escalante plan veers off the fast track
This story was originally published by Utah News Dispatch. Annie Knox Utah News Dispatch A plan from Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy to change how the federal government manages a Utah national monument is facing a steeper road ahead after moving slower than anticipated and missing a deadline. With support f…
- The Strait of Hormuz is reopening, but global shipping won’t return to normal for months
Iran and the United States are about to sign a peace deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil. Oil prices reacted quickly to the announcement of the tentative deal , dropping from highs that had pushed gasoline prices toward record levels in North A…
- Red, white and blue: A strategy for survival as Native Americans navigate 250 years of history
Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — Swiftly marching toward westward expansion, the United States in the 1800s brought with it a tidal wave of displacement and cultural suppression for Native Americans. A century of broken treaties already had spawned distrust of the federal government, and widespread…
- How a Swedish king went on strike in 1768
Adolf Fredrik by Antoine Pesne Nationalmuseum/Wikimedia In 1768, towards the end of the period of Swedish history known as Frihetstiden , the Age of Liberty, King Adolf Frederick threatened to abdicate unless an extraordinary session of the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament, was immediately convened. The immediate issue…
- Iran ceasefire deal confirms what we’ve been saying for years: military might doesn’t work
What a disaster the war against Iran has been for Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran signed on June 17 has formally brought a halt to the devastating war. Yet, as the ink dries on the 14-point preliminary framework, the reality of the document s…
- US-Iran deal leaves the future of Lebanon uncertain – and subject to Israel playing the spoiler
Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment near the village of Kfar Tibnit in southern Lebanon on June 14, 2026. AFP via Getty Images The United States and Iran inked a long-awaited provisional ceasefire deal on June 17, 2026. After months of uncertainty, the people of the Gulf region can, potentially, breathe a sigh of reli…
- Bloodsports and empire
For all the pyrotechnics, pageantry, and nationalist kitsch that defined the UFC Freedom 250 event that took place on the south lawn of the White House, the night’s most ominous moment occurred shortly before the main event when the UFC unveiled a TV ad for the rebranded U.S. Department of War. The ad showed members of…
- Oregon Governor returns civil legal jurisdiction to Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore Native News + ICT In November 2025, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, or CTUIR, requested the return of sole legal jurisdiction on civil matters on tribal lands. In late May, Gov. Tina Kotek signed a proclamation accepting the request and committing to petition the…
- What’s in the US-Iran peace deal? A lot of concessions and empty promises from Trump, in return for little
The leaders of the United States and Iran have signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding to end the war between their countries, as well as Israel’s military assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon. From the US point of view, the deal leaves a lot to be desired. Washington is giving up a lot for very little in return. Pres…
- Jeremy Clarkson has aggressive prostate cancer. But what makes some cancers more aggressive than others?
Jeremy Clarkson revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis this week in the latest season of Clarkson's Farm. Amazon MGM Studios UK media celebrity Jeremy Clarkson this week revealed he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer . He told his co-stars about the diagnosis on air during the latest seas…
- US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and American history
Eddie Pells Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills. The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across anc…
- From prejudice to harm – current policies targeting trans people follow a clear pattern of escalation
DBenitostock/Getty Images Public debates about transgender issues are often framed as disagreements over evidence or safety. In my new article published in the International Journal of Transgender Health , I argue current policy shifts are better understood as part of a recognisable escalation pattern. I call this “tra…
- India’s youth-led Cockroach party may prove as hard to kill as its namesake
The greatest challenge to India’s government in years began as an online joke. On May 16, after Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant described unemployed youth as “cockroaches”, Abhijeet Dipke, an international student in the United States, mused on X, “What if all cockroaches come together?” Thousands responded. Dip…
- America 250: “We Are Here/Estamos Aquí”
America 250: “We Are Here/Estamos Aquí” webinar image agnes Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:37 Webinar Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJoz8Zq-RGE webinar date Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:37
- The distance between
Long-distance running has a rich tradition in South Africa. Every year, thousands of South Africans and international athletes line up to compete in storied races like the Comrades Marathon — an 89 km ultramarathon between Durban and Pietermaritzburg, one of the oldest and largest ultramarathons in the world — and the…
- Key takeaways from the “Spiritualities of Resilience” symposium exploring ways of responding to a planet in crisis
At a recent symposium, speakers explored the polycrisis and how we respond to unfolding collapse, urging a shift toward degrowth, bioregional living, and an earth‑centered way of relating to the world.
- Reading the Times: As climate disasters mount, why is Donald Trump still the bigger story?
A buried report on the costliest wildfire season in history raises a larger question: why does political theatre command so much more attention than the escalating climate crisis reshaping our future?
- Crazy Town: Episode 127. What Lies Beneath: AMOC, El Niño, & Climate Chaos with Emily Schoerning
Emily Schoerning returns to discuss the oceanic dynamics – from worrisome to downright apocalyptic – that could make the Strait of Hormuz disruption look like a five-minute wait at the Starbucks drive-thru.
- The Black Alliance for Peace Calls for a Boycott of the World Cup
The Black Alliance for Peace Calls for a Boycott of the World Cup bareditors Wed, 06/17/2026 - 09:56 Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Austin Cole
- The Evolution of the Indigenous Determinants of Health Framework and the Struggle for Indigenous Midwifery Recognition
The Evolution of the Indigenous Determinants of Health Framework and the Struggle for Indigenous Midwifery Recognition tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 16:37 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe In recent y…
- Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge, and Collective Well Being
Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge, and Collective Well Being tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 15:56 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe Halito akana (Hello friends)…
- Art as a Force of Resistance
Art as a Force of Resistance tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 15:49 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe My journey as an artist has been built from lived experiences, identity, and a commitment to what I r…
- Fighting to Protect Knowledge and Land: Nataly Domicó (Embera Eyabida), Colombia
Fighting to Protect Knowledge and Land: Nataly Domicó (Embera Eyabida), Colombia tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 15:47 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe Identity I am Embera Eyabida from Colombia. Growi…
- The Traditional Medicine of the Pukina Nation: Healing with Plants, Memory, and Community
The Traditional Medicine of the Pukina Nation: Healing with Plants, Memory, and Community tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 15:12 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the c…
- Reviving The Feminine Path: Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador
Reviving The Feminine Path: Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 15:07 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe Before modern medicine imposed…
- Beyond Survival: Indigenous Wellness Through Culture, Community, And Nature
Beyond Survival: Indigenous Wellness Through Culture, Community, And Nature tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 14:59 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe Belonging and connecting are rooted in the land that h…
- A Legacy of Helpers in Indian Country
A Legacy of Helpers in Indian Country tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 14:55 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe In 1990, Kathryn M. Buder founded the Buder Center for American Indian Studies within the Br…
- Social Workers’ Roles in Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ Health
Social Workers’ Roles in Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ Health tia.roberts Tue, 06/16/2026 - 14:48 CSQ Issue 50-2: Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Collective Well Being June 2026 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe Grounded in our traditional understandings and teachings, as well as…
- Krugman on Trump’s 80th birthday party
from Paul Krugman’s blog On Sunday Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday with a cage match on the White House lawn. The match and the events that surrounded it — especially the press conference with UFC fighters, shown above, held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — were a desecration of America’s capital, whose…
- The meaning of Omar Artan
Omar Artan was already a hero before he came back to Somalia this week after being denied entry to the United States for the World Cup. Long before the controversy, he had become a household name in the country. As one former sports official told me, a warm welcome was guaranteed whenever he eventually returned to Moga…
- How we could end capitalism – and build a kind, green, cooperative economy
In this essay, author Guy Dauncey argues that we can dismantle capitalism without abandoning markets, replacing it with a democratic, cooperative economy that reins in finance and puts people and nature first.
- Social capital and community resilience: A conversation with Daniel Aldrich
Daniel Aldrich is a leading expert on how social ties shape disaster recovery, his perspective shaped by his family’s flight from Katrina and his work at USAID. In this interview, he explains why social capital is vital to strengthening communities in the face of crises.
- The data center showdown in Lackawanna County
As AI drives a boom in massive, power-hungry data centers, tech companies are targeting small, vulnerable communities for sprawling “hyperscale” complexes. In Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County, the tiny borough of Archbald, facing five proposed facilities, has become a flashpoint in a growing nationwide backlash over wh…
- Understanding entropy as a constraint on economic processes
from Luigi Capoani, Margarita Shnaider, and Martina Griseri and current issue of RWER Since entropy governs the degradation of energy and matter in all physical and biological processes, the economy – like any living system – must operate within the constraints of finite energy and material resources. Rather than prese…
- The footballing gods
For centuries, theologians have struggled to precisely understand the role of sports, including football, in God’s greater purposes. In a Christian perspective, the ancient Olympic Games were a celebration of pagan Gods. With athletes competing in the nude, serious-minded Christian Puritans saw no other option than to…
- The country they never left
The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is going to be the most cosmopolitan tournament in football history. Across the 48 qualified nations, more teams than ever are drawing on players raised beyond their borders, turning the competition into a showcase not only of footballing talent but also of new identities. These increasing…
- Rock Chalk Algeria
There’s an obnoxiously cute love story brewing between the Algerian men’s national team and the city of Lawrence, Kansas — where the Fennecs have set up camp — and the footballing world is lapping it up. Like every good romantic comedy, the charm of the tale lies in the absurdity. On the surface, Algeria and Lawrence h…
- The World Cup Senegal can’t attend
He’s frustrated, but he’s keeping in his anger. Abdoulaye — the pseudonym of a well-known Senegalese journalist who spoke to us — just doesn’t know if he’ll be able to cover his country’s match against Iraq, scheduled to take place in Toronto on June 26 as part of the upcoming football World Cup. Known as the Lions of…
- No stress
It is Sunday, October 12, 2025, in Sucupira Market. Sitting in the shadow of the Estádio da Várzea and the plateau of Praia, temporary stalls are encroaching onto the street, full of merchants selling everything from fruit to electronics. Eventually, two nondescript minibuses pull up to the market, and the Cabo Verde n…
- Continuities in exclusion
“Everyone will be welcome in Canada, Mexico, and the United States for the FIFA World Cup next year.” Those were the words of FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a meeting of the 54 Confederation of African Football (CAF) member association presidents in Nairobi, Kenya, last year. For anyone paying attention, it…
- When the Saints go marching out: New Orleans and the resilience of cities
A recent study published in Nature Sustainability concluded that New Orleans residents should plan now to move away from the city. For the hundreds of thousands who live in New Orleans, and the millions of others who love the Crescent City, this is an incredibly sad conclusion. And it’s a conclusion that many other cit…
- The restoration of farms and farmers: Why Denmark is rethinking industrial agriculture
Farmer organisations should stop selling agriculture as just another industry and instead reclaim it as a mission rooted in land stewardship and care for animals and ecosystems. But with many farmers locked into debt and infrastructure that bind them to the current model, meaningful change can’t rest on farmers alone,…
- A Guide to Staying Human – Part 3: Why mindfulness matters when the world is breaking down
In this week’s Frankly, Nate offers the third episode in his series on staying human, this time focused on presence. Nate shares a personal reflection on presence and its importance in a reality where we are constantly living in anticipation of the future.
- Kicking out migrants won’t create jobs
South Africans commemorated two significant events in May: Africa Day and Workers’ Day. These moments normally evoke political reflection on the importance of African unity and workers’ solidarity in challenging racialized capitalism over decades. Yet this year’s reflections were marred by Afrophobic and tribalist atta…
- South African journalists have a choice to make
In May, Leanne Manas, a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and the anchor of SABC’s Morning Live — South Africa’s public broadcaster’s flagship morning television show — interviewed International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola. “We cannot deny that we have a huge problem when it comes to people that are undocumented here resi…
- The sociology study that changed my thinking
from Lars Syll In 2003, the American sociologist Devah Pager published a study that laid bare two ugly truths about the labour market. First, having a criminal record dramatically reduces your chances of finding a job. Second — and more disturbingly — being black is often a greater handicap than having a felony convict…
- We’re measuring extreme heat better than ever. The human toll still goes underreported
Heat warning tools have become more sophisticated, yet public attention is still focused on record temperatures rather than the social conditions that turn heat into illness or even death. Why social risk, not temperature alone, should be at the center of how we report on extreme heat.
- What does ‘care’ really mean in agroecology?
So much talk about the importance of ‘care’ in agroecology, but what does it mean? Anouk Dijkman’s ‘Matrix of Care’ offers a clear way to see how domestic, community and more‑than‑human care practices connect, and why they matter for agroecological change.
- Black Agenda Radio June 12, 2026
Black Agenda Radio June 12, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/12/2026 - 07:27 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio June 12, 2026 In this week’s segment, we discuss the Delaney Hall immigration jail in New Jersey. Detainees have been on hunger strike in protest of inhumane con…
- The Delaney Hall Immigration Jail, U.S. Human Rights Abuses, and the World Cup
The Delaney Hall Immigration Jail, U.S. Human Rights Abuses, and the World Cup Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/12/2026 - 06:24 Delaney Hall is an immigration jail located in Newark, New Jersey. It has been the focal point of protests ever since it reopened last year, with detainee…
- The AI Bubble
from Dean Baker The Lay of the Land The US economy has had two major bubbles in the last three decades. There are signs that we are in the midst of a third. In the late 1990s there was a tech bubble, driven to a large extent by excitement over the potential of the Internet. […]
- Black Agenda Report June 5, 2026
Black Agenda Report June 5, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/05/2026 - 07:46 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Report June 5, 2026 In this week’s segment, we discuss the US effort to control the world’s oil and gas supplies in Venezuela, Iran, and other nations, and to disrupt…
- "Move the Games": Take the FIFA World Cup Out of the U.S. and Boycott the Host Country Itself
"Move the Games": Take the FIFA World Cup Out of the U.S. and Boycott the Host Country Itself Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist bareditors Fri, 06/05/2026 - 07:39 Ajamu Baraka is a Black Agenda Report contributing editor and Director of the North-South Pro…
- A dominant economic fact of the past half century is . . . .
from Steve Roth and Dick Bezemer
- Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, Greenland, and the U.S. Heist of the World's Oil and Gas Supply
Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, Greenland, and the U.S. Heist of the World's Oil and Gas Supply Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley Richard Medhurst bareditors Fri, 06/05/2026 - 02:09 Richard Medhurst discusses his latest investigative reporting, “The Petrogas-Dollar: The Secret US Strategy Behind the Iran War…
- Trickle-down economics, the Swedish way
from Lars Syll The leader of the Swedish Liberal Party, Simona Mohamsson, announced last week that she wants to turn Sweden into a tax haven and double the number of billionaires by 2037. According to Mohamsson, “we still have high taxes in Sweden, and clearly that hinders people who want to be able to roll […]
- Is the U.S. Trade Deficit a Loss or a Gain?
from Xiaoping Gu Is the U.S. Trade Deficit a Loss or a Gain? The U.S. government initiated the trade war based on the “Deficit-as-Loss” narrative. But is this truly the case? Since the total collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s, the U.S. shifted from a long-term trade surplus to a deficit. Particularly […]
- New models constantly renovate poverty
from Andri Stahel
- Medieval inflation medicine
from Lars Syll The current inflation is partly about some companies and capital owners taking the opportunity to increase their profit margins without there being any real cost increases that would ‘justify’ this. This type of ‘stealth’ price increase becomes easier to implement as inflation expectations rise. As alway…
- new issue of RWER – #113
real-world economics review issue 113download whole issue Entropy and Economics:A bioeconomic perspective on economic development and sustainability 2Luigi Capoani, Margarita Shnaider and Martina Griseri Do we need our needs? 28Andri W. Stahel How invisible capital gains drive extreme U.S wealth concentration 39Steve R…
- The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell
The climate crisis is changing the way nations think about food, energy, resources, war and peace. Melting ice caps are opening up new trade routes fought over by the world's great powers, conflicts are waged over food and mineral resources, shifting climates are fuelling migration – and Donald Trump says it's all just…
- Rediscovering the Handcart
Image: The handcart, equipped with a sail. Photo by Kris De Decker. The human-powered handcart is the oldest of vehicles, and it will likely be the last one around in the future. Of all vehicles, it’s the cheapest and least complex to build and use. It offers a large advantage over carrying a load on your back or…
- Sex, power and backlash in Africa
In researching my book Seeking Sexual Freedom , I was struck by the contrast between the expansive ways our ancestors understood gender, sexuality and intimacy, and the growing restrictions being shaped today by religious fundamentalism, patriarchy and political power. I think of these restrictions – often described as…
- What movements can learn from their own histories
At a moment of intensifying backlash against rights and bodily autonomy globally, movements are being forced to adapt fast – often with little space to reflect on what is actually working. Much of the media that covers activism still flattens that work into individual stories or neat 'wins', even as organisers themselv…
- Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
In July 2024, a 17-year-old stabbed 13 people, killing three girls, in a dance studio in Southport, in the north-west of England. Fueled by misinformation about the incident in the aftermath, rioters clashed with police and attacked a local mosque. Anti-immigration protests and riots spread across the UK in the days th…
- Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
This piece was originally published by Agencia Publica , and has been translated and edited by openDemocracy As night fell on Rio de Janeiro on 13 March 1964, Brazilian President João Goulart, known as Jango, addressed a crowd gathered at Brazil’s Central Station to announce measures that would change the course of the…
- The US is facing its Suez moment – the outcome could change the world order
It is now clear that the war against Iran is going badly for Donald Trump. Binyamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) may be determined to carry on, but Trump is the war leader in deep trouble. So radical is this unexpected outcome that the United States may even be facing its Suez moment, like the one tha…
- Leaving to survive, staying to resist: Persecution and exile in El Salvador
“The best-case scenario is that the state captures me,” says Ángel Flores, the regional coordinator of the Indigenous Movement for the Articulation of the Struggles of the Ancestral Peoples (MILPA), one of the most vocal organisations against state mega-projects in El Salvador. It would not be the first time MILPA’s me…
- Revealed: Morocco forcibly displaced Black migrants ahead of AFCON tournament
Who won the 2025 African Cup of Nations depends on who you ask. On the pitch, Senegal. On paper, Morocco – the football tournament’s host. But beyond the disputed result, AFCON has revealed a story of how a host country managed its image – and who it pushed out of sight to do so. Late last year, Morocco forcibly displa…
- Defeating authoritarians: Notes from the Hungarian playbook
As the dust settles on last week’s Hungarian election, which saw Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party wiped out in a landslide win by centre-right candidate Péter Magyar, some onlookers are left puzzled. What changed? Hungarians, including many Fidesz voters, have long known of the Orbán regime’s corruption and anti-democ…
- Orbán’s election defeat is a blow to the global anti-gender movement
It’s 2017 in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest, and the World Congress of Families has landed in town. Organised by US anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ personality Brian Brown, the annual gathering of Christian nationalist campaigners, political figures, think tanks and academics pulled off its biggest coup yet: welcoming Hu…
- Netanyahu is behind Iran war, not Trump – and that makes peace unlikely
Within hours of Donald Trump accepting a two-week ceasefire in Iran, walking back on his dire threat that “a whole civilisation will die”, Binyamin Netanyahu did his best to wreck any prospect of peace. Israel launched an intense bombardment of Beirut and other Lebanese towns and cities, with 100 attacks in the first t…
- UK plans to tackle AI harms would bypass democratic process, experts warn
The UK is seeking to grant ministers wide-ranging new powers to rewrite significant portions of the Online Safety Act through amendments tucked into two unrelated bills, a move that experts warn could bypass normal parliamentary scrutiny. The proposed changes would allow ministers to amend the act by adding as much as…
- Low-tech Magazine: The Uncompressed Book Series
Image: The redesigned and revised chronological book edition. Photo: Marie Verdeil. Between 2019 and 2021, Low-tech Magazine published three books containing selections of articles from the website, spanning 14 years (2007-2021). In 2024, we launched the “compressed edition” , which squeezes the article cat…
- Winter is Coming: Build a Solar Powered Foot Stove
Image: The electric foot stove that we build in this manual. Photo by Marie Verdeil. We built an electric cube heater, powered by a 100-watt solar PV panel. During the day, the solar panel slowly heats the cube, which radiates heat to its surroundings. Due to its high thermal mass, the object continues to radiate heat…
- April readings
Getty Images, via Heatmap Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, political theory, and resources for action and education. We try to include arti…
- On planning and disaster: Notes from an earthquake
Source: FLICKR . by Burç Köstem It has been nearly two months since February 6 th , when two consecutive earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.7 magnitudes originating in the towns of Maraş and Antep took place. The earthquake has had a devastating effect across a large geographical area near the Turkish-Syrian border, that spans t…
- February & March readings
A damaged home in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo. (Mauricio Centurion) via The Nation Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, pol…
- Stories of permafrost
by Hanna Oosterveen “If something is permanently frozen, is it alive or dead?” After emerging from a deep dive into the terrific world of thawing permafrost, typically defined as “ground (soil or rock and included ice or organic material) that remains at or below 0°C for at least two consecutive years” to use a low-han…
- Lützerath bleibt!
by Dennis Schüpf and Regina Ruete On the 14th of January 2023, a large-scale demonstration of around 35,000 people proved that the evicted village of Lützerath (Germany) has reignited the climate movement’s determination. Several organizations converged to express their resentment against lignite mining, including clim…
- January readings
Photo: Jesse Pratt López via Vice Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, political theory, and resources for action and education. We try to incl…
- November readings
Getty Images, via VICE Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, political theory, and resources for action and education. We try to include article…
- Las promesas vacías de las Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza: los casos de Shell y BP
Credit: Chris LeBoutillier por Manuel Cervera Con el Acuerdo de París, más de 130 países firmantes se comprometieron a alcanzar el cero-neto de emisiones para 2050 con el fin de mantener el calentamiento global por debajo de los 2°C, preferiblemente a 1.5°C, en comparación con los niveles preindustriales. El cero-neto…
- October readings
Activists of “Just Stop Oil” glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London, Britain October 14, 2022. Just Stop Oil/Handout via REUTERS Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conve…
- Green growth
by Winne van Woerden “We need to foster sources of economic growth consistent with resilient ecosystems .” “We need to decouple economic growth from resource use .” In the midst of heated conversation about the ecological crisis, there always seems to be someone making these kinds of points. This is ‘green growth’ thin…