Category: Less of What We Don’t Need

At least 232 journalists have been killed amid the genocide, a new Costs of War report finds.

Eco-localists argue that globalization is authoritarian by nature: increasingly, multinational corporations rule the world. Individuals and communities are powerless by comparison. Eco-localists make the following recommendations to governments and communities: Incentivize cooperative, worker-owned businesses. Promote the meeting of human needs through non-market means—i.e., the sharing economy. Focus on the well-being of people and nature instead…

The country is facing an extraordinary situation. The capital (and some provinces) are under siege by heavily armed paramilitary forces. They are responsible for an untold number of killings, kidnapping, rapes, acts of arson and pillage. Entire swaths of the city have been abandoned. Hospitals, schools, businesses destroyed. Families displaced from homes, living in makeshift…

NATO was never a good idea gone wrong. It was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements in Europe and around the world. The organization was born on April 4, 1949, when foreign ministers from 12 nations came together in Washington, D.C. to sign the 1100-page North Atlantic Treaty. Its original members were Belgium,…

Several new national and international research surveys have warned that hazardous microplastics are present in our breath, drinking water, and crops. While foreign markets and businesses may have their own motives behind certain conclusions, the fact remains that in developing countries, governments are preoccupied with addressing fundamental needs such as food, clothing, and shelter, along…

Black students are losing classrooms, homes, and support systems after climate events.

Propaganda thrives on selective amnesia, often bolstered by political alliances. The strong relationship between Israel and the United States has enabled the mainstreaming of Zionist narratives in American media. Israel is often described as the “51st state” of the United States — yet unlike actual states, Israel pays no taxes to Washington while receiving approximately…

Unhealthy food and beverage companies powerfully undermine the eating habits of young people by deploying ubiquitous ads that encourage poor dietary choices and increase the risk of serious disease and premature death, according to a sweeping new study published in Obesity Reviews. The more high-fat, high-sugar, and salty food ads young people see, the more…

Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, disrupts female hormones and damages the ovaries and uterus in ways that can make it more difficult for women to get pregnant, according to a new review of human and animal research. The study, published in Reproductive Sciences (March 21, 2025), also found that glyphosate may be tied…

Degrowth communism. It is hard to think of two more triggering words. Words which raise red flags. It is difficult to conceive of two more seemingly contradictory terms. Degrowth, which to many raises images of voluntary poverty in a somewhat bucolic, post-industrial, neo-anarchistic setting. Contrasted with communism, which stirs up pictures of Soviet smokestacks, forced…