Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Growing my way out of dystopia

Can we stop feeling quite so helpless and hopeless in a world on the skids?

In the New Gilded Age, Social Protest Dominates Academy Awards Ceremony

Oscar winners at the 87th Academy Awards took advantage of their stage time by making statements on behalf of minorities and the discriminated-against. It's being hailed the most politically progressive Oscars ever.

This Thanksgiving, a look at the indigenous communities making the climate connection

Here are a handful of front-line organizations and efforts connecting climate change and indigenous communities.

Why science says you should be reading small independent media

While trust in corporate news has gone down over the past few years, trust in independent news is strong.

Far-right groups move to messaging apps as tech companies crack down on extremist social...

For years, social media allowed far-right violent extremists to recruit and organize on a multitude of platforms.

Why the abortion rights movement needs to get more personal

As a queer kid, I struggled to understand what choice means. Now, as a parent, I see it as central to ensuring fundamental freedoms for all of us.

Job growth remains slow in September, but unemployment rate falls to 3.5 percent

Manufacturing employment hit a record low as a share of private sector employment.

Learning all the wrong lessons from the 2008 financial crisis

NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

Happy ThanksGetting Day

This column is just about one tiny example of the unfairness of this current corporate/capitalist system.