$1 Trillion: That’s the Amount of Profits Multinational Corporations Shift to Tax Havens in a Year
New research shows that companies are shifting record amounts to tax havens, despite a global effort to crack down on the practice.
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Phosphorus Saved Our Way of Life—and Now Threatens to End It
Fertilizers filled with the nutrient boosted our ability to feed the planet. Today, they’re creating vast and growing dead zones in our lakes and seas.
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The Secret of the Failure of Liberation: A Tribute and Celebration of Amilcar Cabral Fifty Years on
The twentieth anniversary of the murder of Amilcar Cabral is an opportune time to consider his achievements and the relevance of both his thought and practice – especially regarding events that are unfolding in Africa today.
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The U.S. Blockade and its Effects on Cuban Medicine
The Cuban socialist healthcare system is internationally recognized as one of the best in the world. However, in spite of its extraordinary successes, the United States’ sixty-year long blockade has tremendously detrimental effects on Cuban life in general, and their healthcare system in particular.
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What Happens When Abortion Is Banned? Lessons From Around the World
With the US Supreme Court overturning the landmark ‘Roe v. Wade’ ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, campaigners for abortion rights from Africa to Latin America are warning of the potentially devastating consequences.
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The Beginning and the End: Robinson Jeffers’s Epic Poem About the Interwoven Mystery of Mind and Universe
Although Jeffers is celebrated as one of the great environmental poets, he was as enchanted by the wonders of nature, for he understood better than any artist since Whitman that these are parts of a single and awesome reality, and we are part of it too — not as spectators, not as explorers, but as living stardust.
