Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez has written opinion pieces for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, US News & World Report, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, San Jose Mercury, L.A. Daily News, Orange County Register, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Progressive Magazine, and more. He's done reportage for the San Bernardino Sun, L.A. Weekly, Santa Barbara News & Review, Chicago Reporter, People's Tribune, Grand Street, as well as radio news reporting & writing for KPFK-FM, Los Angeles; California Public Radio; and WMAQ-AM All-New Radio in Chicago (variously owned by CNN, Westinghouse, and NBC). He has 16 books in poetry, children's literature, fiction, and non-fiction, including with publishers such as Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Lee & Low Books, Seven Stories Press, Curbstone Press/Northwestern University Press, and others. Luis is the co-founder of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural; founding editor of Tia Chucha Press; founder of Barking Rooster Entertainment. He can be reached at www.luisjrodriguez.com
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Bottom-dwelling marine animals thriving on offshore wind farm foundations
"My feeling is that a smart, science-based location of offshore wind farms, where ecological principles are incorporated in the design is needed to combat climate change.”
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Of course Americans deserve to work fewer hours. But unless the move to a four-day workweek is accompanied by a massive pay raise, it merely frees up time to work more.
A global plastics treaty can end the Age of Plastic
This indigenous worldview can lead treaty negotiations, creating systems that are less demanding of our planet and value nature over profit.