As large-scale land acquisitions increased by close to 20 percent over the past year, a growing number of land defenders and indigenous leaders faced intimidation, arrests and even death. Environmental devastation is spreading across the developing world, involving...
The annual public letter from Bill and Melinda Gates has become a much-celebrated event in the global development calendar. But lost in the excitement around this year’s letter is the fact that it uses 6,000 words to paint a picture that is so selective in its use of...
How much longer do you hope to live? How long do you hope your children or grandchildren will live? Do you think you or your loved ones will live 60 more years? If so, you’ll be around to witness the end of food production on the planet. Unless, that is, we become...
They’ll say it was the year of consensus. The year it all began to come together. This year’s Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics at Cooper Union’s Great Hall began with Dr. Neal Goldsmith urging a full audience to reflect on the uncertain research...
The mortuary at Dorchester hospital is in a small, single story building, hidden away in a far corner around the back of the hospital. I know this because for six months in the late 1980’s I worked in the family funeral business. Part of that business included a...
