Day: January 2, 2022

Fanning The Flames: Indigenous Rights To Cultural Fires Reinstated In California

Coming into effect January 1st, California’s new law will allow Indigenous populations to exercise their right to “good fire,” controlled burns designed to take care of the land. These low-intensity fires are proven to prevent catastrophic, widespread infernos, which have decimatedogenic climatic changes on the West Coast. The dry and overgrown buildup of

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Contentious Election In Chile Won By Leftist Candidate, Gabriel Boric

In December, Chile had a pivotal election won by the leftist candidate, Gabriel Boric, against José Antonio Kast, the conservative candidate. As reported by Reuters, the election was Chile’s most divisive in decades: the candidates presented very different ideas for the future, and whereas Boric has been a life-long activist

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