Yearly Archives: 2021
PPE may save human lives, but it’s deadly for wildlife
Welcome to the world’s new pollution problem.
How Native communities on the frontline of climate change are feeling the heat
“We have the least amount of resources. So we’re doing more with less every year."
The recycling industry in America is broken
There is a vast divide between the misleading, popular notion of recycling as a "solution" to the American over consumption problem and the darker reality of recycling as a failing business model.
Sanders, Jayapal plan would tax Wall Street speculation to fund tuition-free college
"The time is long overdue to make public colleges and universities tuition-free and debt-free for working families."
Vietnam veterans descended on the Capitol 50 years ago this week—not to impede democracy...
Bigger than the Jan. 6 insurrection, the 1971 antiwar mobilization known as Operation Dewey Canyon III altered the course of the war and uplifted the nation.
What is a public forum?
How a platform operates should not depend upon whether it is owned by a private company or not.
The unraveling of the American empire
U.S. leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
Civil rights groups urge Biden administration to cancel $50,000 in student debt per borrower
“The $1.7 trillion student loan crisis is crushing individuals, families, and our economy, and the weight of this burden is disproportionately borne by women and Black and Latino borrowers.”
A third of U.S. billionaire wealth gains since 1990 have come during pandemic
U.S. billionaire pandemic profit balloons to $4.56 trillion, a 55 percent increase.
Bowman, Sanders lead coalition demanding ‘desperately needed’ boost to SSI lifeline
“People with disabilities and older adults receiving SSI represent some of the most marginalized members of our society. History will not forgive us if we fail to address their needs.”