Top 7 Smart Cities in the World in 2023
The United Nations predicts that 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities and urban areas by 2050, meaning emissions and energy usage will continue to rise with every...
What’s happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new...
Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to...
21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You’re Quoting Shakespeare
William Shakespeare devised new words and countless plot tropes that still appear in everyday life. Famous quotes from his plays are easily recognizable; phrases like "To be or not to be,"...
The False Equivalence of Liberia and Israel
It is frequently forgotten, but early Zionist thinkers consciously aligned their project with Black Liberation movements around the world. Theodore Herzl, writing in his utopian novel Alteneuland (Old-New-Land) of 1902, called...
WHEN WILL AFRICA STOP FUNDING THE WEST?
While Africans toiled and suffered under colonialism, the West prospered, leaving a debt that is yet to be reconciled. With new Western policies geared towards exploiting Africans, it raises the question:...
How the Rush for Congo’s Cobalt is Killing Thousands
The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently facing a humanitarian crisis as miners are forced to work under exploitative conditions which amounts to modern-day slavery. The mining industry, because of its...
10 of the World’s Most Endangered Animals in 2024
1. Amur Leopard
First on the list of the world’s most endangered animals in 2022 is the amur leopard. Between 2014 and 2015, only around 92 individuals were left in their natural...
Hillary Clinton to share stage with author of debunked NYT ‘Hamas r@pe’ report
The reporter behind a discredited NY Times investigation alleging systematic sexual violence by Hamas on October 7 will appear alongside Hillary Clinton and key Biden foreign policy functionaries at a Columbia...
Louis Armstrong Plays Trumpet at the Egyptian Pyramids
During the Cold War, the United States made the case for the American way of life by sending its best ambassadors abroad — jazz musicians. “Music that was unique to America...
Today in History: La Dolce Vita has its film premiere in Italy
In 1960 "La Dolce Vita" directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg has its film premiere in Italy. On February 3, 1960, the Italian dramedy 'La dolce...