Health & Wellness

As Climate Change Intensifies Disease, Trump Pulls U.S. from WHO

Zoya Teirstein / Grist Jan 27, 2025 The move, and a temporary gag order on health agencies, puts the country in a dangerous position. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

How COP29 Ended With a Deal That Made the Whole World Unhappy

Jake Bittle / Grist Nov 25, 2024 Under pressure to step up global climate aid, the world’s richest countries secured nothing less than a diplomatic coup in Baku. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

TD Original

Cops and Coca in Cali

Kurt Hollander / Truthdig Oct 28, 2024 Can COP16 transform a city known for drugs, sex and extreme violence? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Sports

UN Refugee Team Wins First Medal at Paris Olympics

Thalif Deen / InDepthNews Aug 14, 2024 Representing 120 million displaced people, the athletes brought attention to the plight and potential of refugees around the globe. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Middle East

Famine on the Horizon as Food Aid to Gaza Plummets

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Aug 12, 2024 Shipments via the Kerem Shalom Crossing plummeted from an average of 127 trucks per day in April to 23 per day in July. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Africa

Famine Sets in at Sudan Refugee Camp

Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Aug 2, 2024 The United Nations Famine Review Committee announced that famine exists in a camp housing hundreds of thousands of people in North Darfur. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activism

NGOs: Break the Impasse on Disarmament

J. Nastranis / InDepthNews Jul 24, 2024 At the UN, groups urge the nuclear powers to step back from what the secretary-general call’s “a knife’s edge” of global catastrophe. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Environment

The Politics of the Plastics Treaty

Joseph Winters / Grist Jul 3, 2024 The petrochemical industry says it wants to help reduce plastic pollution, but not if it means cutting production and use. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Environment

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference

Lisa Song / ProPublica May 13, 2024 Pro-plastic messaging was inescapable, and industry insiders — some positioned as government delegates — were given access to vital negotiations. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Environment

Slow Progress Towards a UN Plastics Treaty

Joseph Winters / Grist May 6, 2024 Despite industry lobbying in favor of plastics’ “massive societal benefits”, a deal to stop plastic pollution is moving forward. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Activism

Report: Attacks on Indigenous Land Defenders on the Rise

Sarah Sax / Grist Apr 19, 2024 Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

World

UN Security Council Passes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

PD Staff / Peoples Dispatch Mar 25, 2024 After a weekend of negotiations, the U.S. finally abstained on a resolution calling for a ceasefire, allowing for its passage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )