For those seeking an introduction to the wolf, to individual wolves and to humanity’s similarities with wolves, this readable book is a worthy first dip in the pool.
Environment
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right
The archbishop of San Salvador says water is “monopolized and contaminated by industries,” and there needs to be a guarantee of access for “the multitudes.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
What does ethical eating mean to you?
In making decisions about what to eat, respondents to an informal survey told America that the most important factor was their own health.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Religious sisters convince Midwest utilities’ company to take action on climate change.
“It’s up to shareholders to put before corporations how important it is to work on less emissions.”
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Living in Trump’s America: A West Virginia town looks for a fresh start
Moundsville, while in decline, has never been nearly as bad as the picture of rusting hell Mr. Trump painted in his inauguration address.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Cape Town wakes up to the reality of a permanent water shortage
There have been warning signs for decades; now South Africa’s second-biggest city is racing to prevent a drought from throttling the economy and causing social unrest.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
In Peru, Pope Francis deplores degradation of the environment and the toxic effects of corruption
“The degradation of the environment…cannot be separated from the moral degradation of our communities.”
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‘Machismo’ culture blinds women’s leading role in society, Pope Francis says
Society cannot look the other way and allow a culture that demeans the dignity of women to persist, Pope Francis said.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Priest tends to miners and sex workers deep in Peru’s Amazon
It’s near this forlorn corner of the Amazon that Pope Francis will visit Friday amid what has been called a modern-day gold rush of illegal miners threatening the world’s largest rainforest.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Humans and wolves: Are we more alike than we think?
As one delves deeper and deeper into the text, one begins to sense that perhaps the two species are not as different as we might think.