Informed Comment daily updates (08/25/2024)

 

We Humans are embedded in a Web of Intelligent Life, not the Pinnacle of a Hierarchy Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – From the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest creatures on Earth–Antarctic blue whales and coastal redwood trees, minute bacteria and human beings–we are all enmeshed in layers of relationships.  We need each other, though some more than others.  Plants evolved hundreds of millions […]

Life in Gaza is even Harder than it appears on Screen: The Struggles of Daily Life Written byUntoldMag   Photo by Issam Hajjaj, illustrated by Zena El Abdallah, used with permission. This story was written by Issam Hani Hajjaj and originally published in Arabic by UntoldMag. It was translated into English by Walid El Houri and published on Global Voices with permission. ( Globalvoices.org ) – The reality in Gaza is more […]

From the Front Lines of Nonviolence in Palestine Nonviolence Radio A conversation from the frontlines of nonviolence in Palestine Meet Palestinian-American activist Amira Musallam. She is resisting eviction from her family’s land by Israeli settlers while also working to bring teams of unarmed civilian protectors to Gaza and the West Bank. Nonviolence RadioA

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