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      An activist in a crowd holds a white sign reading, “There is No Planet B.”

      The World Must Act as One to Solve the Climate Emergency

      Before we can begin “doing everything we can,” we have to transcend our limited sense of who we are and what matters.

      Robert C. Koehler
      Jul 21, 2023

      “We need to do everything we can to keep (global) warming as low as possible.”

      When it comes to climate change, one two-letter word has me totally perplexed: “we.” There’s an implication of global unity—a transcendent “we,” marching as to war (so to speak)—facing humanity’s greatest crisis, undoing the exploitative, Earth-destroying aspects of our social structure and grabbing control over the planet’s rising temperature. We need to do everything we can!

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      Migrants disembark from the Sea Eye 4 ship in Naples, Italy following a rescue in the Mediterranean Sea on February 6, 2023.

      'Saving Lives Is Not a Crime': UN Expert Tells Italy to Stop Prosecuting Migrant Rescue Teams

      Activists "are being criminalized for their human rights work," said U.N. Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor. "Solidarity is not smuggling."

      Kenny Stancil
      Feb 09, 2023

      Italy must stop criminalizing activists who are rescuing migrants at sea, a United Nations-appointed human rights expert said Thursday, ahead of a trial involving crew members from several non-governmental organizations.

      "The ongoing proceedings against human rights defenders from search and rescue NGOs are a darkening stain on Italy and the E.U.'s commitment to human rights," Mary Lawlor, U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said in a statement.

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      Lviv Provides Stopover And Shelter For Ukrainians Fleeing Russian Attack

      Against Rising Nationalism in  Education at Home and Abroad

      Authoritarianism has no place in our schools—though children must learn what it means and what it looks like.

      Jacob Goodwin
      Jan 16, 2023

      You’ve seen the photos from Ukraine. The bombed out schools, the ghostly writing left behind on blackboards, desks turned over and posters in tatters. As Russian attacks mercilessly drum on, innocent Ukrainian families and children flee westward.

      Education in Exile

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