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France Plans to Eliminate All Single-Use Plastics by 2040

By Emma Taggart on January 22, 2020   If you’re eco-conscious, you’re probably avoiding buying single use plastics. However, plastic items such as straws, drinking bottles, and food wrappers can sometimes be unavoidable in places such as restaurants and supermarkets. … Continue reading

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Joseph Goebbels Resurfaces In Brazilian Politics — THE MOTHERSHIP

Philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote that the aim of totalitarian education is not to instil convictions, but to destroy a populations capacity to form any. As one of the most prominent intellectuals in Nazi Germany, she had reason to fear … Continue reading

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Study uses physics to explain democratic elections – ScienceBlog.com

It may seem surprising, but theories formulas derived from physics turn out to be useful tools for understanding the ways democratic elections work, including how these systems break down and how they could be improved. A new physics-based study finds that … Continue reading

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How a 14-Year-Old Is Fighting Food Insecurity With Cupcakes

Michael Platt had to give up a lot of his favorite activities after he was diagnosed with epilepsy, but he found another hobby that he loved—baking cupcakes. Three years ago, when he was just 11, Michael turned his passion into … Continue reading

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Brazil’s former president Lula, speaks out about Police, Moro, Operation car wash and calls Bolsonaro a liar – Collecting experiencies

Minutes after being released from jail, on Friday, November 8th, the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did a persuasive speech against the Operation Car Wash and Judiciary Committee. Lula was released under Federal Judge Danilo Pereira Junior’s determination. … Continue reading

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Lima Duarte: ″ It’s Sinhozinho Malta in the Presidency and Porcine Widow in Culture ″ — archyde

Brazilian actor Lima Duarte compared the likely future Secretary of Culture, Regina Duarte, and Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, to the famous couple he and the actress starred in the soap opera Roque Santeiro (1985): “It is perfect for today’s Brazil: … Continue reading

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Disaster Capitalism Won’t Save Us

Can we buy our way out of a warming planet? Probably not, but advertisers will still try to sell Californians respirator masks as they flee historic wildfires. In this episode of The Idea File, Atlantic staff writer Alexis Madrigal explains … Continue reading

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Esquerda Online: Fighting back is the only way out of Bolsonaro’s Brazil — No Borders

Brazil dominates Latin America’s economy. And although the coup in Bolivia, uprisings in Chile, Ecuador, and Columbia, Trump’s threats against Iran, Australian megafires, mass strikes in India and France, anti-government protests in Lebanon, and the British elections have pushed Brazil … Continue reading

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Bolsonaro Is and Isn’t

If Americans hear about Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro at all, he’s usually described as a “Brazilian Donald Trump.” But on this week’s CloseUp, we step out of the American bubble, and look at who Bolsonaro is, who his targets are, … Continue reading

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Australia, we need to talk | Cally Jetta | TEDxPerth

Is reconciliation between Australia’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples possible? Cally Jetta maintains that it is not. Instead, she proposes that to build a harmonious future, we need to think differently and address our nation’s history honestly. Cally Jetta is passionate … Continue reading

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