Melissa Kravitz
Melissa Kravitz is a writer based in New York. She is a writing fellow at Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. She’s written for Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Glamour, AlterNet, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Architectural Digest, Them and other publications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in creative writing from Columbia University and is also at work on a forthcoming novel. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @melissabethk.
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Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left
We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.
Voter backlash defies MAGA’s anti-reality hokum, entrapped by its own BS, rip-offs, venom &...
Trump promised unremitting revenge but that is a sharp, merciless two-edged sword about to redound on him and MAGA.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.