The Truth About “Sustainable” Palm Oil
In West Papua, Indonesia, both conventional and “green” palm oil projects dispossess and exclude Indigenous people from their lands.
The Truth About “Sustainable” Palm Oil
Culture
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When Black Female Victims Aren’t Seen as Victims
In Peru, rampant stereotypes about Afro-Peruvian women as aggressive and hypersexual leaves many women unwilling or unable to seek support as victims of abuse.
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Why Shamans Stand Apart
Modern-day shamans in a variety of sectors appear to tame uncertainty by embracing their otherness.
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The Illusion and Peril of Food “Choice”
It’s easy to blame obesity, diabetes, and other conditions on people’s poor diets. But the real culprit is multinational corporations that profit from limiting our food choices.
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Why Symbols Aren’t Forever
The shifting status of cultural symbols reveals a lot about who we are and what we value.
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Do Guns Possess the Power to Change Us?
A story of three deaths in Haiti has a lesson to teach the U.S.