OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE
By John Scales Avery* Loving care for our children We give our children loving care, but it makes no sense to do so unless we do everything in our power to give them a future world in which they can… Continue Reading
Education
Can we trust CEOs’ shock conversion to corporate benevolence?
Joseph Stiglitz* – Project Syndicate/ The Guardian An apparent move by big business to maximise stakeholder value sounds too good to be true For four decades, the prevailing doctrine in the US has been that corporations should maximise shareholder value… Continue Reading
Revitalizing Indigenous Languages Is Critical
By Lakshi De Vass Gunawardena UNITED NATIONS, Aug 2019 (IPS) – Being fluent in a world language is a desirable skill in modern day society. However, some languages are suffering and in danger of extinction — namely those of the… Continue Reading
The Limited Mind: Why Fear is Driving Humanity to Extinction
By Robert J. Burrowes* I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it.… Continue Reading
What are the policy-priorities of European citizens
Alexander Damiano Ricci* , for VoxEurop Within this unique public consultation organised by Civico Europa, millions of European citizens have proposed their solutions for reinventing Europe and voted on others to express their priorities. The environment and democracy are on… Continue Reading
Young climate activists around the world: why I’m striking today
Brianna Fruean and others –The Guardian As young people walk out of classrooms for a global climate strike, a panel of campaigners share their reasons for action I am from the Central Taiwan Plains Indigenous People. As the indigenous people… Continue Reading
Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New?
By Frank Bruni*, Opinion Columnist – The New York Times A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came… Continue Reading
Ending Poverty is Possible, but it Means Facing up to Inequality–Within & Between Countries
By Liu Zhenmin* UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 2019 (IPS) – World leaders have committed to ending poverty everywhere for all people by 2030. Achieving this aim means facing up to the need for dramatic declines in inequalities – in income,… Continue Reading
Bullying is an “Infringement” on Children’s Rights
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 2019 (IPS) – While rates have decreased, school violence and bullying is still a major global issue, contributing to lasting impacts on youth, a United Nations agency found. During the 2019 Education World… Continue Reading
Human Beings are Destroying Life on Earth but Deluding Ourselves that We are Not
By Robert J. Burrowes* It is easy to identify the ongoing and endless violence being inflicted on life on Earth. This ranges from the vast multiplicity of assaults inflicted on our children and the biosphere to the endless wars and… Continue Reading
In Defense of the Human Individual
Robert J. Burrowes* While it is now very late in the life cycle of homo sapiens, with extinction now due to consign us to Earth’s fossil record – see ‘Will humans be extinct by 2026?’ – I would like to… Continue Reading