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Marjorie Hecht: Prepared Learning: What Are Humans Hard-Wired For At Birth?
Saturday, 10 February 2024, 6:22 pm | Independent Media Institute
Do living beings learn and pass on to future generations some behaviors or predispositions more easily than others––and if so, how? So-called prepared learning is a question psychologists and other scientists have studied for decades, developing a series ... More >>
Climate Change And Energy Transition: The 2023 Scorecard
Saturday, 13 January 2024, 9:48 pm | Independent Media Institute
The numbers are in, and it doesn’t look good. The numbers are in. Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin. The planet is now 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than it was before the fossil fuel revolution. Global heating is accelerating. This ... More >>
The Right To Housing, Not Vacation Homes
Monday, 8 January 2024, 7:20 pm | Independent Media Institute
Can strict regulations on Airbnb solve the housing crisis? Probably not, but they’re a good start. Americans have been on a vacation binge since the easing of COVID-19 lockdowns, traveling for leisure in record numbers, and generating a major boom for ... More >>
‘Practices For Care And Endurance’ Support Those Organizing For Ceasefire In Gaza
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 6:08 pm | Independent Media Institute
Amid genocidal violence and mass civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, well-known writers, artists, healers, and activists shared practices of care and endurance to support efforts for ceasefire and peace. Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip—which ... More >>
The Cradle Of Humanity
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 3:58 pm | Independent Media Institute
What reading Georges Bataille could teach you about the birth of art—and of humanity Why should we explore caves and excavate fossils? Why should we seek more information about our origins? And what can the first women and men tell us about the human condition? ... More >>
Americans Are Bankrolling Israel’s Unfolding Genocide In Gaza
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 11:02 am | Independent Media Institute
By Sonali Kolhatkar Americans are funding a genocide and no one asked our permission. We are being dragged, unwillingly , into a war that is decimating a people. We are being forced to become involuntary accomplices to mass slaughter. Palestinians, on ... More >>
Jan Ritch-Frel: The New Grand Tour
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 1:25 am | Independent Media Institute
Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities. By Jan Ritch-Frel All of humanity can now take the Grand Tour: a travel circuit of global sites that help ... More >>
Palm Oil In Common Household Products Is Destroying The World’s ‘Orangutan Capital’
Saturday, 18 November 2023, 2:46 pm | Independent Media Institute
A nationally protected wildlife reserve in Indonesia is under attack by popular, big-name brands. By Laurel Sutherlin Picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest. Add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops, and tigers ... More >>
The GOP’s ‘Red Caesar’ New Political Order Plan Marches Forward
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 2:47 pm | Independent Media Institute
“Thirty years ago,” Damon Linker told The Guardian , “if I told you that a bunch of billionaires and intellectuals on the right are waiting in the wings to impose a dictatorship on the United States, you would have said that I was insane.” ... More >>
Sustainability Is More Than 300 Years Old
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 4:53 am | Independent Media Institute
Teaser: Modern sustainability evolved from forest management of the 18th century, and its ancient roots go back even further. Could it help with today’s climate crisis and lumber shortage? The proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” ... More >>
‘Market Fundamentalism’ Is An Obstacle To Social Progress
Friday, 19 May 2023, 10:17 am | Independent Media Institute
A changing world order, a shrinking U.S. empire, migrations and related demographic shifts, and major economic crashes have all enhanced religious fundamentalisms around the world. Beyond religions, other ideological fundamentalisms likewise provide widely ... More >>
The Renewable Energy Transition Is Failing
Friday, 2 December 2022, 6:32 am | Independent Media Institute
Renewable energy isn’t replacing fossil fuel energy—it’s adding to it. By Richard Heinberg Despite all the renewable energy investments and installations, actual global greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing. That’s largely due to economic ... More >>
The West Is Using COP27 To Shift Blame To Poorer Nations—Private Greed Prevails Over Humanity’s Survival
Sunday, 20 November 2022, 5:38 am | Independent Media Institute
November 16 In the hands of capital, “clean” natural gas is worse than “dirty” coal. But rich nations have devised an elaborate system to conceal facts and shift blame to poorer nations. By Prabir Purkayastha / Independent Media Institute COP27 ... More >>
Does The U.S. Chip Ban On China Amount To A Declaration Of War In The Computer Age?
Saturday, 29 October 2022, 7:37 pm | Independent Media Institute
Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or economic sphere. By Prabir Purkayastha / Globetrotter The United States has gambled ... More >>
Human Prehistory—Why New Discoveries About Human Origins Open Up Revolutionary Possibilities
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 7:05 pm | Independent Media Institute
By Jan Ritch-Frel / Independent Media Institute Discoveries in the fields of human origins, paleoanthropology, cognitive science, and behavioral biology have accelerated in the past few decades. We occasionally bump into news reports that new findings ... More >>
Brazil’s Lula Remerges - In A Very Different Political World
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 5:53 pm | Independent Media Institute
If Lula wins reelection, he must not only rebuild the social investments that Bolsonaro destroyed, but also restore trust in a nation damaged by fascism’s sophisticated propaganda machine. By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute Brazil’s ... More >>
Is The Energy Transition Taking Off—or Hitting A Wall?
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 6:03 am | Independent Media Institute
With the Inflation Reduction Act, the federal government is illogically encouraging the increasing use of fossil fuels—in order to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. By Richard Heinberg / Independent Media Institute The passage of the Inflation Reduction ... More >>
Connecting The Dots Between Climate Devastation And Fossil Fuel Profits
Monday, 26 September 2022, 8:00 am | Independent Media Institute
As Pakistan drowns, as Puerto Rico is cast into darkness, and as Jacksonians remain thirsty, it’s past time for a climate tax on fossil fuel companies. By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute What do Pakistan, Puerto Rico, and Jackson, Mississippi, ... More >>
Why Xiomara Castro’s Win In Honduras Could Address The Country’s Endemic Corruption And Violence
Friday, 10 December 2021, 12:35 pm | Independent Media Institute
After more than a decade of violent repression and undemocratic rule that emerged after the 2009 ouster of Manuel Zelaya, a new leader takes the reins of the Central American nation. “I am overwhelmed with joy; I just cannot believe it,” says ... More >>
Why Don’t We See Headlines Touting The Pentagon’s Hefty Price Tag?
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 8:46 am | Independent Media Institute
The Pentagon budget is effectively stealing from government benefits to ordinary Americans. But don’t rely on corporate media or lawmakers to even acknowledge, let alone debate this issue. More >>
