Yearly Archives: 2021
Appeals court agrees that Dakota Access Pipeline river crossing is illegal
“Especially after the Keystone XL decision, the pressure is increasing for the Biden administration to take action here.”
Oil industry inflates job impact from Biden’s new pause on drilling on federal lands
“I welcome an end to federal fossil fuel leasing and the necessary transitions to more sustainable economies for the Navajo Nation.”
Demilitarizing our democracy
How the national security state has come to dominate a “Civilian” government...
Three things the U.S. must do to prevent future election violence
I’ve spent my entire career on peacebuilding after conflict. Here’s how we avoid becoming a failed state.
You can’t fight white supremacy with white supremacy
In the U.S., policing is rooted in the genocide of Indigenous peoples, the subjugation of Africans and African-descended people, and the repression of workers’ movements.
Humanity lives
To be better humans, we need to tell the truth and not let ourselves fall victim to greed and corruption.
When you’re a cult, it’s Trump all the way (echoing ‘When you’re a Jet’)
Dedicated to Senate Retrumplicans covering up a direct WH call to insurrection.
Former VA doctor sentenced to 25 years in federal prison
“Today, [Jonathan] Yates has been called to account for his heinous acts. While his prison sentence will not undo the significant harm Yates inflicted on the victims, we hope that it will ease their pain.”
Biden has pledged to advance environmental justice—here’s how the EPA can start
Achieving environmental justice is a long-term project, and the EPA is just one of many government agencies that need to change their ways before the U.S. can make progress.
While America was sleeping
Today, in the era of a 78-year-old president, a veritable Rip Van Biden, Americans and the rest of the world are, it seems, waking up in a new age.