Yearly Archives: 2021
6 gentle and respectful ways to help decrease vaccine hesitancy in a friend
It may take a few talks to encourage them, but every conversation is a step in the right direction toward vaccination and the world returning to normal.
Why community efforts should live at the forefront of activism
When community members work together on something they believe strongly in, they do so with strength and mutual care that have positive effects on everyone involved.
To avert failure, Biden should listen to the “radicals” – not corporate media
The Biden administration will fail unless he listens to voices of change, even Schumer’s, rather than corporate voices urging timidity.
Is “one nation, indivisible,” with “justice for all” any less clear a mandate than...
If one connives to deny elections their paramount place in democracy, why not defy law, courts, precedents and thus justice?
Nearly half the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon the last 20 years has...
“The magnitude of Pentagon spending in the wake of the 9/11 attacks was remarkable.”
Many Americans refused to consider why 9/11 happened. The costs were enormous.
Middle East experts who opposed America’s post-9/11 wars were ridiculed as anti-American extremists. In reality, it was the pro-war right that was making us less safe.
‘Failure of climate leadership’: House Dems’ tax plan leaves oil subsidies in place
“Omitting provisions to end fossil fuel subsidies—some of which have been in place for over 100 years—is inexcusable.”
Be careful what you wish for
The true lessons of the Afghan war...
Fairy Creek: Indigenous-led blockade of old-growth logging is now Canada’s largest civil disobedience
“The police have no jurisdiction, and industry don’t have jurisdiction, on stolen land.”
Climate change could force 216 million to flee home
To slow the factors driving climate migration and avoid these worst-case outcomes, the report recommends a series of steps world leaders can take.