5 tips on how to talk climate change this holiday season
The trick is to use patience, tolerance, an optimistic tone – and last, but not least, a keen understanding of your audience – to nudge your climate-skeptic sister or father-in-law.
#DontFundEvil: Google workers form a union to combat workplace concerns
"The future of tech is stronger with the power of a union."
The dangerous myth of deregulation
Don’t fall for it. Trump’s binge of deregulation is just another form of trickle-down economics.
Workers of the Future, Unite
We need to prepare for a future in which advances in productivity – from technology or other sources – are shared more equally than they are today.
New report: ABC, CBS, NBC covered climate crisis connection to Hurricane Dorian only once...
"Climate change is fueling storms like Hurricane Dorian. But you wouldn't know that from watching broadcast TV news."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, September 21
American-made bombs are being used to massacre large numbers of civilians in Yemen, ICE is arresting the sponsors of undocumented children, and more.
How cop shows serve to reinforce the racism at the heart of our culture
Recognizing that there are many problems, overt and covert, involved in cop shows is important and avoids simplistic narrative solutions being used to plaster over deeper problems.
Breaking news: Trump’s military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million, 200 organizations...
“We reject this gross display of power and violence. We call on you to stop the military parade.”
Right-wing politicians fear “invasion” of Europe & US by migrants and refugees
Governments like the U.S. are not changing harmful foreign policies that are driving conflict and persecution.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.