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UN report: Planet on disastrous path to 2.7 degrees of warming
September 23, 2021The consequences of climate change have long since been right on our doorstep, with chaotic weather conditions in the U.S. only increasing in intensity.
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Survivors of racist police killings and 170 groups ask for UN probe
May 12, 2021“It needs to be said that the police are still killing us,” a May 7th statement from the Communist Party's African-American Equality Commission concluded.
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UN says world leaders must act: More than 80 million people displaced in ‘bleak milestone’
December 11, 2020The coronavirus pandemic, war, violence, and persecution continue to force people to flee from their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) report said. It called for action from world leaders to address the crisis.
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Treaty banning all nuclear weapons will become international law
October 27, 2020Historic moment reached in the decades-long struggle for nuclear disarmament.
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‘We Charge Genocide’—Forerunner at UN of Black Lives Matter
July 30, 2020The police killing of George Floyd on May 25 provoked demonstrations worldwide.
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