In other words, if you are born in a slum in Manila or make t-shirts for the high-street fashion industry in some factory in Indonesia, or parts for an Apple iPad in China, etc. there is nothing you can do about it – except be happy

A new book, Deaths of Despair, looks at the three leading causes of high worker mortality rates: suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholic liver disease. These three causes are particularly prevalent among workers without a university degree and those with only a high-school diploma

For years, journalism has been increasingly replaced by the Internet, IT, algorithms, and even AI or artificial intelligence

Just a tick over thirty years ago in 1988, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky published what became one of the most important books ever published on the media

What right-wing conspiracy theorists achieve when peddling conspiracy theories is that it decreases political engagement because people are left feeling powerless

Many workers in Amazon’s warehouse do not last long because of stress, workload, the fact that management is constantly on their backs, the evaluation process is horrid, they are written up or fired, jobs are physically abusive, etc

Aided with today’s technology, this would be a new vision and an extension of human solidarity through modern technology. Mutual Aid is what makes us human

Due to global warming, natural disasters are set to increase, and so will global warming driven conflicts over resources

The idea behind many laughable conspiracy theories is rather straight forward. They are purposefully invented and spread, even when conspiracy theorists know that they are false, to manipulate public opinion

Humanity has to convert fossil-fueled means of transportation, the distribution of goods, and logistics into planned and ecologically sustainable ways.