Promoting human rights through science
Inspired by the work of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition (AAAS is the publisher of Science), we asked young scientists this question: Describe how applications of knowledge in your field (information, methodologies, services, and/or products) could support civil, political, economic, social, or cultural rights.
Protect Natural Estriol!
The FDA appears to be working at the behest of drug manufacturers whose products compete with these compounded hormones.
Protect Our Children: Toxic Pesticides Have No Place in a Just Food System
Chlorpyrifos is an extremely toxic pesticide used on a variety of common crops including corn, oranges, and strawberries. It is responsible for acute pesticide poisoning of farmworkers, polluting drinking water, and developmental delays in children who live in farming communities.
Protect Our Water
Toxins in US tap water come from water pollution at the source—largely from agricultural run-off, fossil fuels, and industrial pollution.
R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Tech Support”
Françoise Mouly interviews the artist R. Kikuo Johnson about his cover illustration for the October 23, 2017, Money Issue of The New Yorker.
Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win by Amanda Abrams — YES! Magazine
This 86-year-old civil rights leader believes reconciliation is the only way forward.
Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism – The Washington Post
By a lot.
Real-life handmaids are joining the anti-Trump resistance
Handmaids are forming a resistance to anti-abortion measures across the country.
Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
The trolls are winning. How do we fix life online without limiting free speech? Andrew Marantz reports.
Renewable Energy Projects Power Up in Tribal Nations
Dozens of tribes are investing in solar, wind, and hydro projects, building toward a more sustainable future.
