Robert S. Becker
For over a decade, Robert S. Becker's independent, rebel-rousing essays on politics and culture analyze overall trends, history, implications, messaging and frameworks. He has been published widely, aside from Nation of Change and RSN, with extensive credits from OpEdNews (as senior editor), Alternet, Salon, Truthdig, Smirking Chimp, Dandelion Salad, Beyond Chron, and the SF Chronicle. Educated at Rutgers College, N.J. (B.A. English) and U.C. Berkeley (Ph.D. English), Becker left university teaching (Northwestern, then U. Chicago) for business, founding SOTA Industries, a top American high end audio company he ran from '80 to '92. From '92-02, he was an anti-gravel mining activist while doing marketing, business and writing consulting. Since then, he seeks out insight, even wit in the shadows, without ideology or righteousness across the current mayhem of American politics.
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Trump administration auctions off 150,000 acres of public land for fossil-fuel extraction
Despite the fact that the federal government's own report shows that oil and gas production on public land contributes significantly to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the Trump administration continue to push on expanding its use.
If Democrats fracture, this will be the fault line
What we do have: a clear fault line within the ranks of those who seek to shape the party’s future.
McDonald’s announces new antibiotic use reduction policy in beef, a first-of-its-kind
"With Washington asleep at the wheel on this rising health threat, leadership in the marketplace is essential."
After youth activists storm their offices, 13 more House members agree to support a...
By day’s end, Sunrise had racked up nearly 150 arrests and support from the likely new leader of the House Rules Committee.
Calling promotion betrayal of planet, groups denounce Schumer for giving ‘fossil fuel servant’ Joe...
At a time when people throughout the U.S. and around the world are rallying behind bold solutions to the climate crisis and urgently warning...
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