A Haitian-American organization has filed a class-action lawsuit against the American Red Cross (ARC), the International Red Cross and their affiliates, accusing them of exploiting Haiti’s poverty to raise over $500 million for disaster relief, only to mismanage or misappropriate the funds. The lawsuit, filed on Nov. 25 in the U.S. District Court for Southern Read More…
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‘Office Space’ To Prepare Elon Musk for SUPER DOGE
IN PARTS BY Newsweek What Is the Department of Government Efficiency? Musk, Ramaswamy to Lead Billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, stirred amusement and speculation after describing his unusual preparation for heading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “I rewatched Office Space tonight for the 5th time to prepare for @DOGE!” Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter) on November 24. Read More…
HEALTH AWARENES: The key to a life longevity is avoiding the ‘POISONOUS 5 Ps’
Long before Bryan Johnson became famous for his extreme biohacking—undergoing countless tests, following strict eating habits, and taking dozens of supplements in the name of living forever—Valter Longo was obsessed with longevity. In a recent profile of the scientist in the New York Times, Longo, who is a professor of gerontology and director of the USC Longevity Institute in Read More…
Political Ecology of the World Food System
The Importance of Standing Together Against Injustice Anywhere “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” those are the now iconic words from the deeply moving letter from Birmingham jail written by MLK Jr. in 1963. While those words are powerful by themselves, just as powerful is the sentence which follows it: “We are Read More…
AME Farm and Garden Initiative: Growing Together to Strengthen Community
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical importance of robust local food systems for resilience, sustainability, and community well-being. In 2021, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church International Health Commission launched the AME Farm and Garden Initiative in response to rising food insecurity at both local and national levels. This initiative aims to connect, catalog, and Read More…
EDUCATION – Teacher morale devasted by COVID-19 and it hasn’t recovered
Lesley Lavery Professor of Political Science, Macalester College Steve Friess Independent writer and editor, University of Michigan Kansas faces the worst teacher shortfall in its history. The 4,000 teaching vacancies Florida faces as the new school year approaches “is more than the population of teachers in 19 of Florida’s smallest counties combined,” the state’s teachers union says. In Vermont, Read More…








