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The amount of meat humans eat is immense. In 1965, 10 billion livestock animals were slaughtered each year. That number is now over 55 billion.…
Five years ago, when the Arab Spring seemed at its most hopeful point, a Saudi diplomat told me, scornfully, that it would come to nothing.…
In November 2015, just after President Obama finally stood up to the fossil fuel industry and rejected the TransCanada Corporation’s application for its tar sands…
Advances in health, education, disease prevention and treatments are high on the list of things that have allowed people to extend their lives, especially since…
This is the seventh in a series of articles by Call journalists who visited Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) in April. They were the first Americans to visit that…
In the 21st century Americans have been distracted by the hyper-expensive “war on terror.” Trillions of dollars have been added to the taxpayers’ burden and…
When we discuss the impending crisis of our civilisation, we mainly look at the resources our economy need in a growing quantity. And we explain…
63 Percent of Americans Are Represented By A Congressional Climate Denier Turns out most Americans disagree with their congressional representative on climate change. Sixty-seven percent of Americans…
In 2006, Becky Blanton decided to make a radical life change. She wanted adventure, and she set out to be a full-time camper, moving into…
America's criminal justice system has, in many ways, become a substitute for the US's largely gutted mental health system. You may have heard something like that before,…
Despite the fact that we've been burned before, most Americans continue to allow themselves to be bamboozled into casting their votes for one candidate or…
Think those plastic items you carefully separate from the rest of your trash are being responsibly recycled? Think again. U.S. recycling companies have largely stayed…