Category: Less of What We Don’t Need

The U.S. “capture” of Nicolás Maduro is being hailed in Western capitals as a blow to dictatorship — but this narrative obscures centuries of Latin America’s struggle against imperialism and entrenched racially-coded elite rule. In Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution was more than a presidency: it was the voice of the historically marginalized, a challenge to…

Infant clothing may expose babies to hundreds of different chemicals used in everything from plastics to paints—including some known to be toxic, a new scientific investigation shows. The analysis of 43 infant garments, published in Environmental Research, is the first to comprehensively screen for all detectable chemicals versus a limited number. In total, 303 different…

The concept of “crime” is not a fixed, objective reality but a fluid and politically potent construct which has been meticulously weaponized to serve the interests of power. Crime is in fact a dialectical product of the very systems of domination it purportedly challenges. An elusive chameleon, the shifting definitions of crime justifies the expansion…

While China and Russia honor their historic defeat of fascism, the West has revitalized it. The doctrine of exceptionalism serves as a modern justification for genocide and imperial aggression.

Calling on Wells Fargo Bank to “Stop Fracking US” climate crisis activists on July 23 blocked the bank’s world headquarters building entryways, occupied an outdoor plaza and painted a mural illustrating their concerns in protesting and drawing attention to the bank’s investments and funding that have contributed to climate destruction, Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the…

For years, women in the Beed district have documented that physicians have performed hysterectomies on them without their informed consent, with researchers estimating that about 4,605 women in the district were forced or coerced into having hysterectomies between 2016 and 2019. Maharashtra has about one-third of India’s 506 sugar factories, according to the latest data…

Children and teens who spend hours scrolling social media are far more likely to smoke or vape than their peers, with the highest risks seen among girls and heavy users, according to new research.

For months, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has crisscrossed the nation advancing his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda — spotlighting plans to crack down on unhealthy ultra-processed foods, and praising state-level efforts to restrict chemical food additives and bolster consumers’ right to know. But in an interview with Bloomberg, Kennedy’s comments echoed Big Food’s talking…

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child… makes it clear that states have an explicit obligation to protect children from exposure to toxic chemicals, from contaminated food and polluted water, and to ensure that every child can realise their right to the highest attainable standard of health. These and many other rights of…

Reports from institutions responsible for analyzing this global phenomenon show that the United States’ aggressive maneuvers in the Caribbean were not aimed at drug trafficking: Reports from the UN, the DEA, the European Union, and the World Customs Organization over several years reveal that Venezuela is an “irrelevant” country in terms of drug production and…