Visitors: 266 Washington’s Blog Health benefits: Moving to diets with fewer animal-sourced foods would have major health benefits (Fig. 1A). Compared with the reference scenario, we project that adoption of global dietary guidelines (HGD) would result in 5.1 million avoided deaths per year [95% confidence interval (CI), 4.8–5.5 million] and 79 million years of life […]
Visitors: 286 Washington’s Blog Health benefits: Moving to diets with fewer animal-sourced foods would have major health benefits (Fig. 1A). Compared with the reference scenario, we project that adoption of global dietary guidelines (HGD) would result in 5.1 million avoided deaths per year [95% confidence interval (CI), 4.8–5.5 million] and 79 million years of life […]
Visitors: 360 Robert C Koehler writes for the Huffington Post, Common Dreams, OpEd News and TruthOut. He considers himself a “peace journalist.” He has been an editor at Tribune Media Services and a reporter, columnist and copy desk chief at Lerner Newspapers, Chicago. Koehler launched his column in 1999. Robert Koehler has received numerous writing […]
Visitors: 304 Robert C Koehler writes for the Huffington Post, Common Dreams, OpEd News and TruthOut. He considers himself a “peace journalist.” He has been an editor at Tribune Media Services and a reporter, columnist and copy desk chief at Lerner Newspapers, Chicago. Koehler launched his column in 1999. Robert Koehler has received numerous writing […]
Visitors: 374 Robert J Burrowes, PhD has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?‘ [themify_hr color=’red’] A recent report from Equality […]
Visitors: 309 Robert J Burrowes, PhD has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?‘ [themify_hr color=’red’] A recent report from Equality […]
Visitors: 1,079 Dr. Gary G. Kohls, MD is a retired physician who practiced holistic, non-drug, mental health care for the last decade of his forty year family practice career. He is a contributor to and an endorser of the efforts of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights and was a member of MindFreedom International, the […]
Visitors: 288 I was recently invited to lecture the young diplomats entering the Indian Foreign Service on any topic of my choice. I talked about the importance of being brand ambassadors for India, the issues and challenges entailed. I explained my disappointment at many Indian diplomats over the past 45 years in USA, and offered […]
Visitors: 211 N S Venkataraman Nandini Voice For The Deprived [themify_hr color=”red”] A member of parliament in India spoke in the parliament demanding that India should declare Pakistan as a terrorist state. Not surprisingly, a few other members of parliament and some politicians in India also echoed this improper and unwise demand. It is good […]
Visitors: 143 N S Venkataraman Nandini Voice For The Deprived [themify_hr color=”red”] A member of parliament in India spoke in the parliament demanding that India should declare Pakistan as a terrorist state. Not surprisingly, a few other members of parliament and some politicians in India also echoed this improper and unwise demand. It is good […]
Visitors: 233 Baher Kamal Egyptian-born, Spanish-national secular journalist. He is founder and publisher of Human Wrongs Watch. Kamal is a pro-peace, non-violence, human rights, coexistence defender, with more than 45 years of professional experience. [themify_hr color=’red’] This is a story that one would wish to never have to write—the story of hundreds of millions of life-givers […]
Visitors: 320 Rene Wadlow is the President of the Association of World Citizens, an international peace organization with consultative status with ECOSOC, the United Nations organ facilitating international cooperation on and problem-solving in economic and social issues. [themify_hr color=”red”] On 2 March 2017, the special committee on Syria created by the UN Human Rights […]
Visitors: 253 Rene Wadlow is the President of the Association of World Citizens, an international peace organization with consultative status with ECOSOC, the United Nations organ facilitating international cooperation on and problem-solving in economic and social issues. [themify_hr color=”red”] On 2 March 2017, the special committee on Syria created by the UN Human Rights […]
Visitors: 223 Roger Kotila, Ph.D. The world community should keep a close eye on the United Nations General Assembly as it prepares for a Conference starting in late March, 2017 to negotiate a “legally binding instrument” to prohibit nuclear weapons. According to an NGO report by Reaching Critical Will, over 100 nations attended the initial meetings to organize the upcoming UN Conference to ban […]
Visitors: 271 Roger Kotila, Ph.D. The world community should keep a close eye on the United Nations General Assembly as it prepares for a Conference starting in late March, 2017 to negotiate a “legally binding instrument” to prohibit nuclear weapons. According to an NGO report by Reaching Critical Will, over 100 nations attended the initial meetings to organize the upcoming UN Conference to ban […]
Visitors: 312 6 March 2017 (UN) – Unhealthy environments are responsible for one-quarter of young child deaths, according to two new reports from the United Nations health agency, which reviewed the threats from pollutants such as second-hand smoke, UV radiation, unsafe water and e-waste. According to the latest information, polluted environments take the lives of […]
Visitors: 327 6 March 2017 (UN) – Unhealthy environments are responsible for one-quarter of young child deaths, according to two new reports from the United Nations health agency, which reviewed the threats from pollutants such as second-hand smoke, UV radiation, unsafe water and e-waste. According to the latest information, polluted environments take the lives of […]
Visitors: 420 Jason Hickel PhD [themify_quote]A basic income could defeat the scarcity mindset, instil a sense of solidarity and even ease the anxieties that gave us Brexit and Trump[/themify_quote] Every student learns about Magna Carta, the ancient scroll that enshrined the rights of barons against the arbitrary authority of England’s monarchs. But most have never […]
Visitors: 269 Jason Hickel PhD [themify_quote]A basic income could defeat the scarcity mindset, instil a sense of solidarity and even ease the anxieties that gave us Brexit and Trump[/themify_quote] Every student learns about Magna Carta, the ancient scroll that enshrined the rights of barons against the arbitrary authority of England’s monarchs. But most have never […]
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Visitors: 250 Roger Kotila PhD [themify_quote]Is America a “bad guy” masquerading as a “good guy”?[/themify_quote] President Trump himself has a reputation for lying. Yet he was elected President of the United States. One joke going around asks “What two words tell you that President Trump is lying?” When he says “Believe me!” Mainstream media repeatedly […]
Visitors: 433 Roger Kotila PhD [themify_quote]Is America a “bad guy” masquerading as a “good guy”?[/themify_quote] President Trump himself has a reputation for lying. Yet he was elected President of the United States. One joke going around asks “What two words tell you that President Trump is lying?” When he says “Believe me!” Mainstream media repeatedly […]
Visitors: 246 Dr. Gary G. Kohls, MD is a retired physician who practiced holistic, non-drug, mental health care for the last decade of his forty year family practice career. He is a contributor to and an endorser of the efforts of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights and was a member of MindFreedom International, the […]
Visitors: 252 Dr. Gary G. Kohls, MD is a retired physician who practiced holistic, non-drug, mental health care for the last decade of his forty year family practice career. He is a contributor to and an endorser of the efforts of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights and was a member of MindFreedom International, the […]