In the Chokehold of a Wood-Fired Stove
With little access to clean cooking fuel, many women in Nagpur’s Chikhali slum are now prone to respiratory diseases, breathing difficulties and damaged lungs.
100 Days of Lula’s Presidency: What has Changed in Brazil Since January 1?
Lula’s administration has significantly shifted the direction of politics in Brazil, sharply departing from his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
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Pentagon Leaks Show a Failing US-NATO Proxy War in Ukraine
The documents give a clear picture of what is going on in Ukraine and around the world concerning conflicts, wars and peace efforts.
Savage Capitalism
Chomsky on the latest IPCC report, the recent collapse of banks in USA, the Ukraine war, the ‘Annual Threat Assessment’ report issued by US intelligence, and many other issues in a wide ranging interview.
The Missile Strikes That Killed Israel’s Deterrence
Coordinated strikes by the Resistance from multiple fronts have forced new rules of engagement on Tel Aviv, which is already struggling to keep its domestic and external crises under control. Can Israel survive another, bigger multi-front assault?
A World Fragmented by Inequality
We’re not living in a time of insufficiency, but in a golden age of plenty amid grotesque poverty, of abundance amid unbearable forms of abandonment.
Femicide and Mexico’s Feminist Movement – 2 Articles
On March 8, the feminist movement flooded the streets of Mexico as part of a global day of mobilization. Among these thousands of women and dissidents, the main demand was an end to femicide and sexist violence.
Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 2: The Economic Situation in 2022–23
In this second part of this year’s budget analysis, we take a look at the economic situation in the country, in the background of which the FM presented her budget.
The False Promise of ChatGPT
ChatGPT and its brethren are constitutionally unable to balance creativity with constraint. Given the amorality, faux science and linguistic incompetence of these systems, we can only laugh or cry at their popularity.
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Prioritizing U.S. Imperialism in Evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide
Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades. One position is favorable, while the other highly critical.