A fight over extending provisions of Trump’s tax cuts is at stake in November’s election. Ultimately, the race is about money.
Lessons From Legalization: The Problem Isn’t Cannabis, It’s Capitalism
There has been a sea change in attitudes and laws on marijuana, which ought to have helped ease racial inequities. But without concerted intervention, legalization won’t change much.
The Cruel Eijao Trade Kills Millions of Donkeys Every Year
Africa has banned the killing of donkeys for their skins. Why isn’t the U.S. doing the same?
Animal-Free Agriculture Is Key to Restoring Biodiversity
We all have a moral obligation to do the least possible harm to our planet, and that ethos has a name: veganics.
How the Greedy Rich Cheat Working Americans at Every Turn
By David McCall The widowed single mom attacked grocery shopping with the doggedness of a Marine on a mission.To provide for her family in the face of corporate price-gouging, she bought off-brand items and selected eggs for protein instead of higher-costing meat. She even worked multiple jobs to keep the family solvent.And despite the challenges […]
We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy
By David Fridley and Richard Heinberg The transition to renewable energy is inevitable given the current climate crisis and the fact that fossil fuels are a finite resource. To make the shift, a detailed plan is required to indicate the first steps and anticipate challenges in allocating resources and the policies needed to achieve the […]
The Double Edge Theater’s Project to ‘Rematriate Land’
By April M. Short The economic realities in the U.S. do not generally support working-class artists and culture bearers—an issue that has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a March 2021 report titled “Solidarity Not Charity: Arts and Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy,” 63 percent of creatives in the U.S. were “fully unemployed” as of […]
A New Life for Mexico’s Oldest Union
A New Life for Mexico’s Oldest Union
Teaser: “Our vision is defending the interests of workers and a democratic union life.” In conversation with a longtime labor journalist, a Mexican union leader puts current worker struggles in context.
Informal Settlements on the Front Lines of Wildfire Risk in Bogotá
By Natalia Torres Garzón “Don’t worry I will build a better house for you, a house made out of bricks,” said the owner of the house to her son while hugging him, almost in tears, as they looked out at a pile of debris and ashes. Their house in an informal settlement of Ciudad Bolívar, […]
Global Pet Craze Is Becoming a Major Contributor to the Extinction Crisis
By Peter Christie In 2019, an independent international science group—the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services—announced that about 1 million species around the world are threatened with extinction. The number, based on a consensus by hundreds of experts and other researchers from 50 countries, made headlines around the world when it was included in […]
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