A Global Battle of Values and Ideals
Unity, cooperation and tolerance; such qualities necessitate and encourage a shift away from a narrow ‘me first’ approach to living to an awareness and responsibility for society more broadly and the natural world.
Why economics must get broader before it gets better
Without significant adjustments, mainstream economics will remain two steps behind changing realities on the ground, and economists will be risking a further loss of credibility and influence.
In the search for missing women, neighbors and family members pair drones with Indigenous...
Often, Indigenous communities don’t trust that police will act on reports of violence.
A UN treaty guarantees youth rights everywhere on Earth – except the United States
Young activists fighting to advance climate justice, end gun violence and increase racial equity should all have the convention behind them when they speak out.
How the police killing of a Black Brazilian teen sparked a movement
The police killing of João Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.
A Christmas confession
The U.S. economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming.
This Pastor Is Sleeping Outside Until His Church Accepts LGBT People
"It’s a God thing." Pastors are prohibited from officiating same-sex weddings in Michael Tupper’s denomination, the United Methodist Church (UMC), and those that do are often put on trial within the church.
3 creative solutions to protect water, wildlife, and a warming city
In the heat zone of Louisville, Kentucky, 170 residents have been trained as “citizen foresters.”
What’s killing America’s middle class?
Just as progressives deliberately pushed public policies to create the middle class, so are today's economic royalists deliberately pushing plutocratic policies to destroy it.
Goons in Gucci
The richest, most powerful, most privileged people in our land are intentionally savaging the well-being of America's majority and aggressively suppressing the democratic rights that make America, America.