Rare: UN to vote today on Cuba’s rights violations, activists urge support

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told reporters at a press conference in Havana this week that the U.S. amendments were “a political maneuver,” that he said was trying to erode the strong international support Cuba has received over the years during the vote on the US embargo. GENEVA, November 1, 2018 – In today’s first UN vote on Cuba’s human rights record since 2006, countries that truly care about the Cuban people “cannot under logic or morality vote for Havana’s annual resolution condemning the U.S. embargo, which has some impact on Cubans, without also voting…

Read complete article

~	Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

~	How is China being taught at Australian universities? And why does this matter? Here’s what our research found

~	Neuroaffirming care values the strengths and differences of autistic people, those with ADHD or other profiles. Here’s how

~	Saving the Mary River turtle: how the people of Tiaro rallied behind an iconic species

~	Shankari Chandran’s Safe Haven, a gripping and persuasive novel of asylum seekers, reads like an open wound

~	Could Biden stop Netanyahu’s plans? A national security expert looks at Israel’s attack on Rafah

~	Why DEI in Canada struggles to uplift Black people

~	Revitalizing Toronto’s downtown core after COVID-19 greatly benefits the city and the region

~	Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?

~	Where is the promised protection? Journalists in Mexico threatened by state actors and organized crime.