Can Organic Food Feed the World?
Actually Yes! There are amyriad studies from around the world showing that organic farms can produce about as much, and in some settings much more, than conventional farms.
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War Is Not Part of Human Nature
The high level of killing often reported in history or later archaeology is contradicted in the earliest archaeological findings around the globe. The most ancient bones and artifacts are consistent with the title of Margaret Mead’s 1940 article: “Warfare Is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity.”
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Lost Illusions: Balzac’s Great Novel Interpreted for Our Time
Lost Illusions by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) is a monumental novel, a turning point in modern literature. Xavier Giannoli has done a remarkable job of interpreting and adapting it into a film of the same title.
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‘Revdi Culture’ or Govt’s Basic Responsibility? What Prioritising Welfare Is Really About
States like Delhi (despite its unique multi-party governance architecture), West Bengal, Kerala (or even Goa and Sikkim) perform better compared to UP when it comes to being measured for securing access to basic social, economic services.
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India’s Mass Closure of Schools Is Leaving Lakhs of Students Stranded
In many remote areas, students have few options other than single-teacher schools in their villages. These are the very schools the government has targeted for closing down.
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MMDR Amendment: States, People, Future Generations to Lose Crores
A proposed change in the definition of the average sale price of mineral ore will result in a significant discount on the price states receive for their mineral wealth.
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SBI Research Doubles Farmers’ Income
The SBI Research Dept recently issued a “Special Report on Agriculture” that claims that farmers’ income doubled in FY22 as compared to FY18 for certain crops in some states… while in all other cases it rose in the range of 1.3-1.7 times. An examination of some of the features of this report.
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Voices Behind the Veil: The Human Cost of Karnataka’s Hijab Ban
Death threats, lost friendships and a bleak academic future — victims of Karnataka’s hijab ban continue to suffer.
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Africa | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
Africa, China, Russia and US Imperialism – 2 Articles
“Africa, China, and US Imperialism”: compares the US-Africa relationship and the China-Africa relationship. “Africa Remains at the Center of a 21st Century Cold War”: On the race between Russia, France and USA to influence the 1.3 billion people living in Africa.
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COVID19 | Online Blog | USA
Why the U.S. Failed to Control COVID-19: Incompetence, Class Violence, Deception, and Lies
The United States is one of the worst countries in the world at controlling COVID-19, which has claimed more than one million American lives, and also caused enormous social and economic devastation in the country. This article examines the impact of U.S. anti-COVID policy.
