Yearly Archives: 2021
My Covid-19 teaching year
A world unraveling amid smoke and death and how one teacher and her students dealt with it.
Congress can’t do much about fixing local police – but it can tie strings...
Just past the first anniversary of George Floyd’s killing, people are looking to the federal government to address this issue of national importance.
Not exceptional. It’s strange.
Here are examples where America is different from other countries...
Race to net zero emissions: Are we ready?
Being aware of the urgency and depth of the crisis through education; awareness of governments policies and actions, are they rooted in environmental concerns or are they still anchored in the economics of greed.
What does accountability look like without punishment?
If we commit to abolishing "death-making institutions" and instead build those that are life-giving, we might not be so married to revenge and punishment.
After pouring over $1 trillion into fossil fuel finance, CEOs of 6 US banks...
Despite talk of an energy transition and a wave of fossil fuel bankruptcies, big bank CEOs described plans to continue business with beleaguered fossil fuel industries.
DC March for Palestine demands Biden and Congress ‘hold Israel accountable for its war...
The #March4 Palestine was a part of the new national #SanctionIsrael campaign urging the Biden administration and members of Congress to sanction Israel.
Biden shows true colors proposing bigger war department budget than Trump
It's time to SLASH Pentagon spending not increase it!
Mattel launches pilot program to recover and recycle toys with sustainability at the forefront
Mattel PlayBack is a toy "takeback" program that helps support the company's goal to achieve "100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials across all products and packaging by 2030."
What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic?
A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.