Destruyendo el planeta por beneficios de récord Contamos con una palabra para designar la matanza consciente de un grupo racial étnico: genocidio. Y otra para la destrucción consciente de determinados aspectos del medio ambiente: ecocidio. Pero no tenemos un término para designar el acto consciente de destruir el planeta que habitamos, el mundo que la humanidad [...]

Darwin observed that conscience is what most distinguishes humans from other animals. If so, grief isn’t far behind. Realms of anguish are deeply personal — yet prone to expropriation for public use, especially in this era of media hyper-spin. Narratives often thresh personal sorrow into political hay. More than ever, with grief marketed as a [...]

Destroying the Planet for Record Profits We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide.  And one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment: ecocide.  But we don’t have a word for the conscious act of destroying the planet we live on, the world as humanity had [...]

Contrariamente a lo que afirman fanáticos como Bill Maher, los musulmanes no son más violentos que la gente de otras religiones. Las tasas de asesinatos en la mayor parte del mundo musulmán son muy bajas en comparación con EE.UU.

When we experience terror at home, we must remember the United States’s use of terror abroad    April is usually a cheerful month in New England, with the first signs of spring, and the harsh winter at last receding. Not this year.

Contrary to what is alleged by bigots like Bill Maher, Muslims are not more violent than people of other religions. Murder rates in most of the Muslim world are very low compared to the United States.

Esta semana los atentados terroristas que azotaron a la ciudad de Boston, nos obligan a formular diversas preguntas: ¿Será el terrorismo la respuesta al imperialismo norteamericano? ¿Quiénes son los autores de dichos acontecimientos? ¿Existe la posibilidad de que las conspiraciones sean ciertas? ¿Todos los civiles son inocentes?

The horrific bombings of the Boston Marathon produced inspiring images of a spirited, brave Boston refusing to be cowed. Some spectators surged forward toward the danger to apply tourniquets, offer first aid, share blankets, and later to give blood, for the victims.

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing on John Brennan’s nomination to be CIA director presents a rare public opportunity for Congress to insist that the White House publicly defend whatever legal reasoning has been adduced to justify the killing of alleged American terrorists working with al-Qaeda on plots to attack the United States.

La “guerra contra la droga”, iniciada en diciembre de 2006 por el presidente Felipe Calderón, hundió a México en una grave crisis. Más allá del dramático balance humano (sobre 50 mil homicidios ligados al narcotráfico, 230 mil desplazados que huyen de la violencia, centenares de miles de desapariciones forzadas y decenas de miles de huérfanos, [...]