Courtney Martin:

The bottom line is this: We won’t be safe until more people throughout the world are safe. Our fates are inextricably intertwined. Tens of thousands of people die each day from hunger and poverty-related causes, including 30,000 children under the age of 5 from preventable disease. Over 1.6 million people, 90 percent of whom live in developing countries, die each year in violent conflicts. Climate crises have been responsible, at least in part, for genocide in Africa and will continue to pit people against one another who are desperate for the most basic of resources — water, food, and clean air.

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