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Trump tariffs sink economy, but brings hope for the natural environment
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Family-Friendly Workplaces: The Modern Approach to Supporting Full-Time Working Parents
Why Do Climate-Conscious People Eat Meat?
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Trump tariffs sink economy, but brings hope for the natural environment
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Trump tariffs sink economy, but brings hope for the natural environment
The Boasting Trap on LinkedIn: How Self-Promotion Backfires Psychologically
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The Boasting Trap on LinkedIn: How Self-Promotion Backfires Psychologically
Family-Friendly Workplaces: The Modern Approach to Supporting Full-Time Working Parents
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Why Do Climate-Conscious People Eat Meat?
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Why Do Climate-Conscious People Eat Meat?
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Trump tariffs sink economy, but brings hope for the natural environment

April 7, 2025 plato

Trump Tariffs Sink Economy, but Bring Hope for the Natural Environment Introduction The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States in 2016 marked a seismic shift in…

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The Boasting Trap on LinkedIn: How Self-Promotion Backfires Psychologically

September 7, 2024 plato

LinkedIn, designed as a professional networking platform, has increasingly become a space where people boast about their achievements, success, and personal fulfillment. While these posts may generate likes and positive…

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Family-Friendly Workplaces: The Modern Approach to Supporting Full-Time Working Parents

September 6, 2024 plato

The traditional workplace has long operated under a model that assumes employees are either fully available for work or not, often neglecting the unique challenges faced by full-time working parents.…

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Why Do Climate-Conscious People Eat Meat?

September 6, 2024 plato

Despite the pressing need to address climate change, a surprising number of individuals at the forefront of sustainability efforts still eat meat. The paradox is perplexing: many highly intelligent and…

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The Capitalist Paradox of War and the Weapons Industry

September 6, 2024 plato

As the wars in Ukraine and Gaza rage on, the arms industry thrives. For weapons manufacturers, conflict has become the engine of profitability. This dependence on warfare raises a critical…

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The Absurdity of the Gun Debate in the US: Reflections on the Colin Gray Case and Its Implications

September 6, 2024 plato

In the intricate and often absurd tapestry of the American gun debate, a recent development has captured national attention, highlighting both the far-reaching consequences of firearm access and the legal…

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Homo Economicus and Homo Sacer: Foundations for a Sustainable Future

July 21, 2024 plato

Abstract This essay explores the intersection of sustainability and philosophical thought, specifically examining the contributions of Giorgio Agamben’s concept of homo sacer and several post-structuralist thinkers, including Richard K. Ashley.…

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Industry 5.0: The Symbiosis of AI, Blockchain, and Renewable Energy

July 21, 2024 plato

Abstract Industry 4.0 introduced a paradigm shift in manufacturing and industrial processes through the integration of cyber-physical systems, IoT, and data analytics. Industry 5.0 builds on this foundation, emphasizing human-machine…

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Understanding Unhappiness: Alan Watts’ Perspective

July 21, 2024 plato

Introduction Alan Watts, a British philosopher and writer, is renowned for his interpretation and popularization of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences. His teachings, which draw heavily from Zen Buddhism, Taoism,…

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Maintaining a Healthy Mind by Avoiding Catastrophic Thinking

July 21, 2024 plato

Introduction Maintaining a healthy mind is crucial for overall well-being. One significant aspect of mental health is the ability to manage negative thinking, particularly the tendency to assume the worst…

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French surgeon jailed after sexually abusing children under anaesthesia or waking up from operations
French surgeon jailed after sexually abusing children under anaesthesia or waking up from operations

A former surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of children in France has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. [...]

A monster who lived among us - and got away with it
A monster who lived among us - and got away with it

There are so many aspects to the crimes of Joel Le Scouarnec that it can feel bewildering. Not just the volume of his offences, but also the failings that allowed [...]

Hamas's Gaza chief has been 'eliminated', says Netanyahu
Hamas's Gaza chief has been 'eliminated', says Netanyahu

Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar has been "eliminated", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. [...]

Could a ceasefire deal in Gaza be close?
Could a ceasefire deal in Gaza be close?

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 [...]

One dead and dozens injured after gunfire at aid hub in Gaza
One dead and dozens injured after gunfire at aid hub in Gaza

One person has been killed and 48 others injured after a crowd overwhelmed an aid hub in Gaza, according to local health officials. [...]

A potential water war in the making - as family reveals cost of India-Pakistan tensions
A potential water war in the making - as family reveals cost of India-Pakistan tensions

A potential water war is in the making after India suspended the Indus Water Treaty. [...]

Trump halts international student visa applications
Trump halts international student visa applications

The Trump administration has stopped the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the US while it prepares to expand social media vetting of applicants. [...]

Classroom crush to face push: Key moments in the Macrons' relationship
Classroom crush to face push: Key moments in the Macrons' relationship

French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed a video of him being pushed in the face by his wife as "nonsense". [...]

SpaceX rocket spins out of control on test flight - as Musk fails to give planned speech
SpaceX rocket spins out of control on test flight - as Musk fails to give planned speech

A test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket has failed for the third time in a row. [...]

Why NASA may turn to Musk's billionaire rival after Starship failure
Why NASA may turn to Musk's billionaire rival after Starship failure

Elon Musk's plans to go to Mars may not have come crashing down to Earth but they've certainly suffered a significant setback. [...]

EU says Israeli strikes in Gaza 'go beyond what is necessary' to fight Hamas
EU says Israeli strikes in Gaza 'go beyond what is necessary' to fight Hamas

Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, says the bloc also does not support a new aid distribution model which bypasses the UN and other humanitarian organisations. [...]

Dozens injured by Israeli gunfire as crowds overwhelmed Gaza aid site, UN says
Dozens injured by Israeli gunfire as crowds overwhelmed Gaza aid site, UN says

The UN Human Rights Office says most of the injuries were due to Israeli gunfire, but the Israeli military says troops fired into the air. [...]

US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting
US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting

It comes during a Trump crackdown on top universities, which he accuses of failing to combat antisemitism. [...]

French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds sentenced to 20 years in jail
French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds sentenced to 20 years in jail

Joel Le Scouarnec, who has admitted his guilt, said last week he neither wanted nor expected to be shown leniency. [...]

Germany's Merz promises to help Ukraine produce long-range missiles
Germany's Merz promises to help Ukraine produce long-range missiles

The chancellor said earlier there were "no longer" any range restrictions on weapons supplied by Kyiv's Western allies. [...]

Musk 'disappointed' by Trump's tax and spending bill
Musk 'disappointed' by Trump's tax and spending bill

As the former Doge chief, Musk had worked to reduce government spending which he says this bill contradicts. [...]

Indian man who disguised parcel bomb as wedding gift jailed for life
Indian man who disguised parcel bomb as wedding gift jailed for life

The bomb, disguised as a wedding gift, killed a software engineer and his great aunt just days after his wedding in 2018. [...]

German court rejects Peruvian farmer's landmark climate case
German court rejects Peruvian farmer's landmark climate case

Saúl Luciano Lliuya believes energy giant RWE should be held responsible for melting glaciers. [...]

Kenyan president apologises to Tanzania over deportation row
Kenyan president apologises to Tanzania over deportation row

It follows growing criticism from Kenyans targeting Tanzania's president over the recent deportation of activists. [...]

Slovakia approves sale of brown bear meat to public
Slovakia approves sale of brown bear meat to public

Brown bears are a protected EU species but the government has launched a cull after recent attacks. [...]

Norwegian princess moves to Australia for university
Norwegian princess moves to Australia for university

Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who is second in line to the throne, will study at the University of Sydney. [...]

Canada 'strong and free' and other takeaways from King's throne speech
Canada 'strong and free' and other takeaways from King's throne speech

King Charles delivered the first throne speech in Canada by a monarch since 1977, amid tensions with the US. [...]

Australia's Liberal-National coalition reunite a week after split
Australia's Liberal-National coalition reunite a week after split

The two conservative parties have negotiated on key policy issues in a bid to mend the rift [...]

Trump administration seeks to pull estimated $100m in Harvard funding
Trump administration seeks to pull estimated $100m in Harvard funding

Federal agencies will review their grants to the top university to decide whether they should be terminated. [...]

Orban accused of using Ukraine spy row in fight for political survival
Orban accused of using Ukraine spy row in fight for political survival

Relations between war-torn Ukraine and its Nato neighbour Hungary plummet to a new low. [...]

Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation?

Today on The Stream: We dive into the space between cultural appropriation and appreciation. [...]

Inquiry into deadly chemical plant explosion in China

Investigators in China are working to find the cause of a powerful explosion at a chemical plant that killed 5 people. [...]

Preserving Oualata’s fragile manuscript legacy amid desert threats

Centuries-old manuscripts in Oualata libraries face destruction as desert sands encroach on ancient Mauritanian town. [...]

New US plan for Gaza aid is “not just nonsensical, it’s cruel”

Rami Khouri of the American University of Beirut says Gazans are choosing being starving and being shot [...]

Gaza aid chaos condemned by humanitarian leaders

At least 3 people died when thousands of starving Palestinians rushed to an aid distribution point. [...]

Why millions of people don’t have enough to eat

On World Hunger Day, AJLabs examines how war, weather and wealth gaps drive starvation. [...]

The cost of conscience: I lost friends for defending Palestinians

Bearing witness to injustice has a price. I paid it - and I would, again, because silence is complicity. [...]

Gaza’s aid system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed

What unfolded in Rafah on Tuesday was not a tragedy - it was the grim success of colonial humanitarianism. [...]

Video: Paris protesters dye fountain red to signify Gaza bloodbath

Activists in Paris dyed a fountain red to symbolise what they called “the bloodbath” taking place in Gaza. [...]

US pauses new student visas: What it means and who it will affect

The Trump administration has paused new visa interviews for international students set to attend US universities. [...]

‘US, China, India can all fit into Africa’: On a quest to fix the world map

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible. [...]

Harvard students protest Trump’s university crackdown

Harvard students protested Donald Trump’s decision to cut all remaining federal contracts with the university. [...]

German court rejects Peruvian farmer’s climate case against RWE

Judge rules that companies 'may be obligated to take preventive measures' to counter their emissions. [...]

US-backed Gaza aid model ‘distraction from atrocities’, UNRWA chief says

Philippe Lazzarini's remarks come a day after a deadly incident at an aid distribution centre in Rafah. [...]

Putin is “testing the waters” in Trump relationship

Mark Storella breaks down Trump’s response to Russia’s Ukraine attack, his Putin ties, and whether sanctions may finally [...]

Palme d'Or winner Jafar Panahi expresses support for Iranian trucker strike
Palme d'Or winner Jafar Panahi expresses support for Iranian trucker strike

Truck drivers across Iran were striking for a seventh day on Wednesday in a stoppage rare in its length and magnitude. [...]

In Indonesia, Macron pushes for 'political solution' to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In Indonesia, Macron pushes for 'political solution' to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Ahead of the international summit on the two-state solution in New York at the end of June, Paris is seeking a joint declaration with the world's most populous Muslim country. [...]

War in Ukraine: Zelensky proposes a trilateral 'Trump-Putin-me' meeting
War in Ukraine: Zelensky proposes a trilateral 'Trump-Putin-me' meeting

In a fresh call for truce talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed meeting together with US President Donald Trump, after Putin rejected previous proposals. [...]

UN warns 1.5°C global warming threshold likely to be breached by 2029
UN warns 1.5°C global warming threshold likely to be breached by 2029

The planet is on track for unprecedented heat, with the World Meteorological Organization forecasting a 70% chance of surpassing the Paris Agreement's critical target within five years. [...]

War in Ukraine: Revelations on the scale of Russian losses
War in Ukraine: Revelations on the scale of Russian losses

Moscow has not reported its death toll since the start of its war on Ukraine. Le Monde accessed casualty data from 2022 to 2024 thanks to a Russian army deserter. [...]

'I promise not to give in to despair': In Georgia, the fight of imprisoned pro-European protesters
'I promise not to give in to despair': In Georgia, the fight of imprisoned pro-European protesters

Fifty-one Georgians arrested during rallies against the government remain in jail and are considered political prisoners. Their cases highlight the unprecedented government repression since the country's independence. [...]

EU launches investigation into four porn sites, including Pornhub
EU launches investigation into four porn sites, including Pornhub

The European Commission is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos for failing to provide tools to verify users' ages. Several countries, including France, are pushing for the establishment of a [...]

Musk's Starship megarocket blows up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test
Musk's Starship megarocket blows up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test

After back-to-back explosions , SpaceX launched its rocket again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart. [...]

Argentina imposes severe restrictions on the right to strike
Argentina imposes severe restrictions on the right to strike

The far-right libertarian government of Javier Milei has issued a decree requiring new sectors to maintain a minimum service level of 75% during work stoppages. The General Confederation of Labor [...]

US suspends student visa processing as Trump ramps up social media vetting
US suspends student visa processing as Trump ramps up social media vetting

In the latest move that takes aim at international students, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rescinded hundreds of visas. A State Department spokesperson stated: 'We take very seriously [...]

Trump takes fresh jabs at Putin: 'He has gone absolutely CRAZY!'
Trump takes fresh jabs at Putin: 'He has gone absolutely CRAZY!'

President Trump warned Vladimir Putin that he was 'playing with fire' and is weighing new sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine war. [...]

In Gaza, studying lets you 'not think about death all the time'
In Gaza, studying lets you 'not think about death all the time'

After the Israeli army destroyed all 12 universities in the enclave, online education programs have been launched to make up the shortfall, and now thousands of students in Gaza attend [...]

Ireland moves to become first EU country to ban trade with Israeli-occupied territories
Ireland moves to become first EU country to ban trade with Israeli-occupied territories

Tuesday's move by Dublin comes a week after the EU ordered a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, a cooperation deal signed in 1995 that forms the basis for trade [...]

Israeli troops fire warning shots as Palestinians overwhelm new food center in Gaza
Israeli troops fire warning shots as Palestinians overwhelm new food center in Gaza

Thousands of people rushed into a new aid distribution center run by a US-backed group in southern Gaza on Tuesday, leading to chaotic scenes. The incident in Rafah came days [...]

Led by Nigel Farage, UK far right emerges as government's main opponent
Led by Nigel Farage, UK far right emerges as government's main opponent

Since the beginning of the year, the nationalist Reform UK party has surged to the top of the polls, widening the gap between Labour and the Conservatives, the two parties [...]

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