TUNIS, Tunisia—Energy has been running high in Tunis this week, partly because the city is still reeling from the February assassination of the country’s lead social and political opposition figure, Chokri Belaid. On Thursday night, a thousand people gathered on the central Avenue Habib Bourguiba – site of the Tunisian Revolution, which began the Arab Spring – to rally in remembrance of the man many called the “Arab Chavez” for the hope he represented in leading the country toward genuine democracy.
America shows how to tackle climate change from the bottom up
The United States may have a president who denies the facts of climate change, but American states and cities couldn’t have been more emphatic in declaring last week that a climate emergency is upon us – and since the federal government won’t lead on solutions, US mayors, governors and businesses are.