The Wizard and the Prophet—Dueling Scientific Visions to Shape Tomorrow

Fred Pearce Feb 9, 2018 A new book unpacks the polar opposites of extreme pessimism and optimism about the future of humanity, through the lives of two of their earliest and most compelling advocates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Saudi Arabia to Transfer $2 Billion to Yemen

ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI / The Associated Press Jan 17, 2018 The action comes a day after Yemen’s Saudi-backed prime minister appealed to the kingdom and its allies to save the local currency from “complete collapse.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

MSNBC Ignores Catastrophic U.S.-Backed War in Yemen

Ben Norton / FAIR Jan 9, 2018 The leading liberal cable network did not run a single segment devoted specifically to Yemen in the second half of 2017. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Complicit: America’s ‘Non-War’ Crimes in Yemen

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Nov 24, 2017 The U.S. government is enabling Saudi destruction of the poorest Arab state. We're likely to regret it someday. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Climate Change as Genocide

By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch Apr 23, 2017 Only concerted action on multiple fronts can prevent the human disasters now unfolding in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen from becoming the global norm. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Facing Famine, 20 Million People Need Food, Not Bombs

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Mar 16, 2017 President Trump's response to the most serious humanitarian catastrophe since the end of World War II is to slash aid, bar refugees and expand the military. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Trumps the Horrors of the South Sudanese Hellscape? The Donald

By Nick Turse / TomDispatch May 6, 2016 In a place where catastrophic food insecurity may tip into starvation at any time, where armed men still arrive in the night to steal and rape, a local aid worker wants -- seemingly needs -- to know if Donald Trump could actually be elected president of the United States. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

As a Man-Made Famine Looms, Christmas Comes Early to South Sudan

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Aug 8, 2014 Close your eyes and you could be at a stateside summer barbeque or an office holiday party. Even with them open, the local realities of dirt roads and dirty water, civil war, mass graves, and nightly shoot-to-kill curfews seem foreign. These walls, it turns out, are even higher than they look. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

‘Some Say the World Will End in Fire:’ Climate Panel Paints Mad Max World of Famine, Fire, War

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 1, 2014 It is fire, i.e., massive global warming, that threatens the world as we know it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Change Adds to East Africa’s Food Plight

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Dec 20, 2013 Climate change poses a serious threat to farming in East Africa, a region that depends on agriculture and whose population is growing very fast. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Transfat Apocalypse

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Nov 16, 2013 Dig deeper

Crop Pests Head Poleward to Flee Heat

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 2, 2013 Farm crops and some tree species face an increased threat from destructive insects that are migrating to temperate zones to survive in a warming world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )