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Os camponeses dos países do Sahel africano querem utilizar a agroecologia para enfrentar o colonialismo. É o que disseram representantes do Mali e de Burkina Faso ouvidos pelo Brasil de Fato. O intelectual malê Mamadou Goita e o líder camponês buquinabé Joseph Thiombiano estão em Cartagena, na Colômbia, para participar da 2ª Conferência sobre Reforma […] Fonte

The child care crisis is familiar to most working parents looking for a place to enroll their children. Child care is expensive: in Durham, the average cost of infant/toddler care in a five-star center is more than $20,000 a year. And in some parts of North Carolina, it may be next to impossible to find […]

La exsecretaria de Estado de EE UU comparece bajo fuerte escrutinio en el Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara y niega vínculos con Jeffrey Epstein, mientras acusa a los republicanos de desviar la atención sobre Donald Trump.

Não precisa ser um gênio em comércio internacional para saber que iam causar problemas para os consumidores americanos as tarifas impostas pelo presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump (republicano), 79 anos, às exportações de produtos de vários países, incluindo o Brasil. Especialmente sobre os produtos de consumo diário das famílias, como café, frutas, carnes, ovos […] O post A imprensa e a derrubada do tarifaço do Trump pela Suprema Corte apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

O Brasil ignorou uma longa tradição de pacifismo e de incentivador de soluções pacíficas para países em conflito ao se abster, nesta semana, em Nova Iorque, na Assembleia da ONU, da votação por uma paz imediata e durável entre Rússia e Ucrânia. A invasão russa da Ucrânia faz quatro anos. Apesar da resistência ucraniana, os […] O post A abstenção do Brasil na ONU apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Public health is inherently political because it often involves policy decisions, but it shouldn’t be partisan. That was among the key messages during the 2026 State of the Public Health Union webinar Thursday with three former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former U.S. surgeon general who served under Republican and Democratic administrations. The 90-minute event, which can be watched on YouTube, is organized annually by the American Journal of Public Health. Here is one takeaway from each of the four speakers. Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC director (2009-17) Frieden served as CDC director under President Barack Obama. He is now president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a global health organization. “I don’t agree with the statement that we have to get the politics out of public health. I think we need to get the partisanship out of public health. There are decisions about public health that communities should make. At what [blood alcohol] level should we tell people that they shouldn’t drive? … Should we take over land to make safe water for our community? Does a community decide to be smoke-free in their restaurants or bars or parks? These are community decisions. They’re policy decisions. What has infected public health over the past few years is a partisanship. I think this is something that all of us – right, left, Democratic, Republican, progressive, conservative – should try to address. Sen. [Daniel Patrick] Moynihan used to say that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. And unfortunately, today, it seems like people feel they’re entitled to their own facts.” Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general (2017-21) Adams served as surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first term. He is now executive director of the Center for Community Health Enhancement and Learning at Purdue University. “We’ve got to reclaim public health as consistent with conservative principles, not against conservative principles. It’s about personal responsibility, strong families, a ready workforce, military preparedness, and reducing wasteful downstream spending. Those are all conservative principles. Prevention aligns with fiscal responsibility. Clear, accurate information aligns with individual liberty, because you can’t make an informed choice without trustworthy facts. Second, we need trusted messengers. And in many conservative communities, people are going to be far more likely to trust their pastor, their local physician or pharmacist or nurse practitioner, their sheriff, or their governor than they are any federal agency. So that means empowering state and local leaders and respected voices within conservative circles to speak clearly and consistently about evidence-based health information. And then third, we’ve got to be willing to call out misinformation even when it’s politically inconvenient to the point I raised earlier. If we stay silent, when bad information spreads because it benefits our side, we lose credibility.” Dr. Robert Redfield, former CDC director (2018-21) Redfield served as CDC director during Trump’s first term. He is now a senior visiting fellow for biosecurity and public health policy at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. “We need to learn how to share our differences of opinion on public health issues, but to do it respectfully ... I’ve said many times that vaccination, I think it’s one of the most important gifts of science to modern medicine. And it’s very disconcerting to see people being encouraged to leave it on the shelf rather than to embrace it. But I think if we could just have a little more honest debate among ourselves about different opinions on what policy directions we think we should go, but to do it in a respectful way, knowing that, you know, each of us really cares deeply about the public health of our nation, and we may see things slightly differently … When we see things that are obviously true, we need to speak out and clearly say that they’re true. For example, we’re dealing as you know now with measles in South Carolina, in Florida, in Texas, in Arizona. And we all know that the best way to stop the measles pandemic is to get the American public vaccinated against measles. Period. There doesn’t need to be any qualifiers around that.” Dr. Mandy Cohen, former CDC director (2023-25) Cohen served as CDC director under President Joe Biden. She is now a national adviser at Manatt Health, a health care consultancy. “In order for us to fulfill our mission of protecting health and improving lives, we need the federal government – and state and local governments – all working well and working together. But there are things that you do not want to create, state by state by state. Some of that is certainly a data architecture, right? … [Public health cannot do its job] if you don’t have that visibility of what’s going on, both around you and, frankly, internationally as well. So CDC certainly has to maintain those connectivities and the data systems. But then it’s also expertise. We have wonderful experts at the state level, but they can’t be an expert in every rare pathogen. And so having both the laboratory expertise, the pathogen-specific expertise at the federal level is really important … I am very concerned about us pulling back in our global footprint. And that is something that needs to be done in a coordinated way at the country level, at a federal level, so that we are making sure to protect us here at home. So those are the things the feds need to do.” Alison Young is Healthbeat’s senior national reporter. You can reach her at ayoung@healthbeat.org or through the messaging app Signal at alisonyoungreports.48

A recorrente caracterização do Big Brother Brasil como “experimento social” demanda análise dos critérios metodológicos que definem a investigação científica no campo das ciências sociais. Esta designação, amplamente disseminada tanto no discurso midiático quanto em certas análises acadêmicas, pressupõe que o confinamento monitorado de indivíduos revelaria padrões autênticos de comportamento humano passíveis de generalização. É […] O post O Big Brother Brasil como (não) experimento social apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

Em 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼 𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 (1997), os jornalistas e acadêmicos Marcos Silva Palacios e Elias Machado Gonçalves afirmam: “O jornalismo digital representa a adaptação de uma modalidade específica de conhecimento da realidade a um novo suporte comunicacional, a tecnologia de transmissão digital de informações”. Uma nova modalidade de jornalismo toma conta das telas dos […] O post Febre midiática apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

The Russian company Protei supplied the Iranian regime with infrastructure-level internet censorship solutions. They also work in Estonia and Jordan, and have clients from among the world’s worst autocracies.

(The Center Square) – Committees in the state House and Senate advanced their respective chambers' supplemental capital budget proposals on Thursday, setting them up for floor votes in the coming days. The proposals are in addition to the $7.6 billion enacted 2025-27 capital budget, not a brand new one. The Senate has proposed an additional $723.5 million in total budgeted funds, taking the total capital budget to about $8.3 billion. The House proposal adds $914.2 million, raising the total to $8.5 billion. Both plans rely on a mix of funding from the Climate Commitment Act — a controversial cap-and-trade program — and debt-limit bonds, leaving only $4.4 million to $5.4 million in bond capacity. That means the Legislature can’t spend much else without offsetting those appropriations through other accounts. Climate projects fall under the CCA category, but the plans also tap revenues from the cap-and-trade program for other items. The House wants to draw another $639.9 million from CCA accounts. Budget writers say $400 million would go to CCA-related projects, while relying on a refinancing chain to free up additional funds to send the remaining $239.9 million to the operating budget to cover the deficit. Meanwhile, the Senate only wants to spend $219 million in CCA funds, most of which would go directly to the CCA category, while adjusting other accounts to send $1 billion in cash to the operating budget. The biggest spending areas in the House proposal are on housing/homelessness and climate projects. The House capital budget allocates an additional $221.5 million to housing/homelessness and around $409 million to the CCA category. The Senate only added about $150 million to the housing category and $191 million to the CCA category, focusing instead on commerce spending and filling the deficit. According to chamber budget summaries, the Senate’s capital budget puts an additional $117 million behind the commerce category for local infrastructure and community projects, while the House only adds about $30 million. The Senate also allocates more to the public education, higher-ed, and natural resources categories than the House budget, which spends more on the general government category. The House Capital Budget Committee and the Senate Ways & Means Committee both advanced their supplemental capital budget proposals with wide bipartisan support after making a few minor changes. While Republicans offered support for the proposed capital budgets, they’re largely opposed to the $2 billion spending hikes proposed by Democrats in the supplemental operating budget for each chamber. Vice Chair Rep. Lisa Callan, D-Issaquah, told the Capital Budget Committee that the House will not be voting its proposal off the floor after advancing it to the Rules Committee on Thursday. Instead, House lawmakers will wait for the Senate’s proposal to pass off the floor, then the House will place its version within the Senate proposal as a striker amendment. After that, the two must negotiate a compromise. The Senate advanced its proposal without discussion, except to adopt budget-neutral amendments. “This is a budget that's always enjoyable to work on in a bipartisan way, and we do indeed focus on all corners of Washington state as we try to put people to work,” Rep. Mike Steele, R-Chelan, said Thursday before the House committee unanimously advanced its capital budget proposal to the Rules Committee.

Ela já era figura consolidada no universo do entretenimento, passou a ocupar espaço também no noticiário esportivo e, nos últimos dias, tornou-se um dos nomes mais comentados do Carnaval. Elogiada ao estrear na Sapucaí como rainha de bateria ou vaiada por admiradores de sua antecessora, pouco importa. O fato é que não há como ignorar […] O post As lições do poder de engajamento de Virginia neste Carnaval apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

Some professors are waiting for a final decision on acceptable instruction under a review policy created by the system’s new chancellor.

Havana afirma sua disposição em cooperar com Washington após tentativa de entrada ilegal de lancha armada Fonte

(The Center Square) – Marking a victory in the fight against Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), over a dozen state attorneys general secured a settlement Thursday with asset manager Vanguard – the company agreeing it will end its ESG efforts and turn over ESG-related documents. Chief executive officer of American Energy Institute Jason Isaac told The Center Square that the settlement “is a huge win in the fight to stop the ESG and net-zero schemes being pushed by Wall Street elites and the climate cartel.” “These ESG and net-zero policies were never about protecting the environment; they’re about controlling markets and choking off affordable energy that Americans depend on,” Isaac said. As a part of the settlement, Vanguard will “pay $30 million in fines, turn over all documents related to their coordinated ESG activism, and end all ESG activism for years to come,” Executive director of Consumers’ Research Will Hild said on X. Hild told The Center Square that “the reckoning is here.” The settlement “is a massive blow to the ESG asset manager cartel that sets the stage that more is to come,” Hild said. “We have been sounding the alarm that asset managers BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard have been colluding and deceiving investors by pushing scams like ESG investing onto consumers,” Hild said. “Now, the Attorneys General are getting overdue accountability and a massive course correction from Vanguard,” Hild said. Similarly, Jason Isaac told The Center Square: “For years, asset managers BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard have used their influence to penalize fossil fuel producers, strangle investment in reliable energy, and reward companies that play along with their political agenda.” “That’s collusion, not capitalism,” Isaac stated. “The weaponization of finance to achieve ideological outcomes must end, and it’s encouraging to see states standing up for energy freedom and economic growth,” Isaac said. “The era of ESG coercion is ending, and free-market principles are winning again.” The settlement with Vanguard has connections to a lawsuit 13 state attorneys general filed against asset managers BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard in an effort to lower electricity prices, according to a press release from Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird. Attorneys general from Texas, Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Wyoming intended to combat “a BlackRock-led cartel that drove up the price of electricity under the guise of ‘green energy’ investing,” with the lawsuit, the release said. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird told The Center Square “Iowans should not have to pay higher prices for energy because of a woke Wall Street agenda.” “I’m grateful that Vanguard has chosen to set higher standards for the industry and has agreed to resolve this case,” Bird said. “We’ll set our sights on BlackRock and State Street now and continue to fight for truly competitive markets to help Iowans and all Americans,” Bird said. Similarly, Hild told The Center Square that “BlackRock CEO Larry Fink should be extremely worried about what could be uncovered next.” When reached, Vanguard told The Center Square: “We remain dedicated to our core mission of standing up for investors and giving them the best chance for investment success." “Our agreement to resolve this matter recognizes our innovative Investor Choice program as a tool for empowering investors and bringing new voices into the proxy voting ecosystem,” Vanguard said. Chief executive officer of State Financial Officers Foundation OJ Oleka told The Center Square: “This news is about justice, and should serve as a warning to any firm that conspires to sacrifice the savings, livelihoods, and retirements of hardworking Americans at the altar of a selfish woke trend.” “As staunch defenders of fiduciary duty against faddish ideological movements that corrupt investments and impoverish Americans, we’re thrilled to see ESG suffer this latest blow,” Oleka said. “This is not an abstract issue,” Oleka said. “Vanguard not only put radical climate politics before its duty to maximize financial returns – it caused real families to face real hardship with higher energy bills and diminished financial security.”

In 2025, Mongabay recorded 111 million unique visitors to its websites, a 46% increase on the year before. Pageviews rose by 72%. Those figures capture direct readership only. They exclude circulation through newsletters, messaging apps and social platforms, as well as republication by more than 100 partner outlets. Yet volume is not the metric we […]

The arrest of a journalist by Fiji's anti-corruption body — which itself championed whistleblower protection — exposes the gulf between Pacific anti-corruption pledges and practice, amid rising transnational crime threats. About the author/s Shailendra B. Singh Shailendra B. Singh is Associate Professor of Pacific Journalism at The University of the South Pacific, based in Suva, Fiji, and a member of the advisory board of the Pacific Journalism Review.

Al 24 de febrero de 2026, la guerra ha durado 44 días más que la Segunda Guerra Mundial (frente oriental) para la Unión Soviética.