Police are allowed to swear at you. It’s called “tactical language,” and it’s meant to establish immediate dominance.
By John Kiriakou
Special to Consortium News
Something on the way to work infuriated me recently to the point that I had to write about it. I am interested to know if I’m
“Humanity has opened the gates to hell by allowing the climate crisis to worsen”, said Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General at the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit in September. This year, 2023, is shaping up to be the hottest year on record with floods, heatwaves and droughts affecting millions of people in countries worldwide without distinction of […]
A code of ethics has been adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the first of its kind. The code has no enforcement mechanism and is up to each individual justice for compliance. The call for a code came principally after news articles revealed that Associate Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted expensive travel and other benefits.…
At the COP28 climate summit set to be held in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates later this month, carbon markets are sure to be high on the agenda. And some African leaders are hoping to capitalize. The Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI), a consortium of Global North donors, corporate representatives, conservation groups, and energy lobbyists, […]
The night sky, once a celestial tapestry, is now tainted by the blight of light pollution. Act now to reclaim the starlit heavens and protect the delicate balance of nature.