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Did Brazil Find the Solution to Poverty?
In the 2000s, Brazil’s leftist leader Lula da Silva implemented an audacious program of poverty reduction. It was called Bolsa Família, “the family stipend,” and offered a guaranteed income to all poor families in Brazil. The program went totally contrary … Continue reading
Hindenburg WAS NOT the DЕАDLIEST airship accident: Forgotten British Giant R.101
The crash of the British airship R101 is not as well known as the famous Zeppelin Hindenburg Disaster. Nonetheless, the R.101 disaster still remains the biggest tragedy in history among commercial airships. On October 4th, 1930, the giant airship R-101 … Continue reading
Joe Manchin, America’s climate decider-in-chief, is a coal baron | Mark Hertsgaard
The pivotal Democratic senator owns millions of dollars in coal stocks. Shouldn’t he recuse himself from US climate negotiations? Joe Manchin has never been this famous. People around the world now know that the West Virginia Democrat is the … Continue reading
Indigenous people in Brazil at risk of losing their right to land…
King’s Academic warns how the state decision could set a precedent for many other cases unless overruled by the Supreme Court Land reserves occupied by indigenous groups in Brazil are at risk of being lost because of a constitutional decision … Continue reading
Vienna’s Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
As cities around the world grapple with a crisis of affordable housing, Vienna has been keeping it at bay. How the Austrian capital got there may offer a model strategy for cities worldwide.
Cllr Aydin Dikerdem Talks About Nine Elms’ “Sky Pool” and Inequality
The ‘Sky Pool’ in Nine Elms is architecture designed to go viral – but it’s also a symbol of the inequality in London, says Battersea Labour Councillor Aydin Dikerdem in this interview with Eleanor Shearwood of Riverside Radio
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Did the pandemic signal the end of the American era? | The Bottom Line
Canadian-American anthropologist Wade Davis holds a mirror up to the United States and sees a society in decline. Davis argues that the US dominated the world in the post-WWII era because Americans came out of the war with a sense … Continue reading
Librarian Saved Thousands of Historical Manuscripts From Being Destroyed | My Modern Met
By Madeleine Muzdakis on September 12, 2021 Manuscripts at the Ahmed Baba Centre, Timbuktu, in 2013. (Photo: UNESCO via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) A librarian named Abdel Kader Haidara secretly saved hundreds of thousands of manuscripts from being … Continue reading
How Psychoactive Plants Changed the World | News on Drugs
A lot of us are coffee-drinking drug addicts that turn into zombies without a morning caffeine fix. But what is the difference between coffee and opium, especially when they both come from a plant? Author Michael Pollan tells us why … Continue reading
Britain’s Secret Nuclear Plans (and Bunker): What Happens if the UK Gets Nuked? – TLDR News
[…] Every country has them, but hopes to never need them; nuclear plans. So in this video we dive into what would happen if Britain was hit by a nuclear weapon, the response, the secret bunker and the secret documents. … Continue reading
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