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As hundreds of thousands of people were dying at the peak of the opiod crisis, the US’s drug distributors were spending over $102 million lobbying Congress to create a more …

To get involved in campaigns supporting the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination, visit SAUSA – Sahrawi Association in the USA, an organization started by Sahrawis living in the United States: https://sahrawiusa.com/ …

Meaning women can finally drive, vote, and now movies in public spaces are no longer illegal. and I so much want to show our resistance films there. any brilliant idea …

Unusual wave patterns created by ‘cross-sea.’ While they are indeed stunning to take a look at, the cross-sea is incredibly dangerous to be in, as the riptide is stronger than …

I am cheering for all my mountain friends who are hands-on enviro activists, working to save the nature of BULGARIA: #SavePirin #спасипирин Learn more http://www.independent.co.uk/…/bulgaria-pirin-national-park… [Photo credit: Maria Teneva, Unsplash.com.]  

Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but the world has largely failed to recognize Somaliland as its own state. In 1960, the northern region of British Somaliland joined with …

Launched in the UK in 2004 by exiled West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda, the campaign fights for the self-determination of the West Papuan people. West Papua, together with Papua …

Shahidul Alam’s arrest on 5 August 2018 shines a light on the dangerous escalation of the government’s crackdown on dissenting voices! https://www.amnesty.org/…/bangladesh-release-photographer-…/ [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

Our friends at Freemuse are campaigning to free Ferhat Tunç, who has been the target of numerous government investigations because of his music. Despite a February 2015 ruling by the …

Ramón Esono Ebalé, an illustrator and comics author from Equatorial Guinea, has been held in detention without charge since September 16. Our friends at Freemuse, Amnesty International, and Human Rights …