The danger of leadership cults
No leader, no matter how charismatic or courageous, will save us. We must save ourselves.
56 million Native American deaths caused by European colonizers changed Earth’s climate, study says
"For once, we've been able to balance all the boxes and realize that the only way the Little Ice Age was so intense is ... because of the genocide of millions of people."
Little Free Library’s not-so-little commitment to getting the word out
These book-sharing boxes promote literacy and strengthen communities.
Hidden plastics: Glitter gum and the air we breathe
"Large scale public protest, civil disobedience, and coordinated boycotting of products that are contaminating the environment is the only thing that will make government and business act."
This Pride month let’s remember: corporations are not allies
The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice.
Corporate media have second thoughts about exiling Julian Assange from journalism
Corporate media dutifully laid the groundwork for the U.S. Department of Justice’s escalating political persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, and set the stage for a renewed assault on a free and independent press by the Trump administration.
My year and welcome to it
Here are four (million) of my own takeaways from 2021, a classic hell-on-Earth year that, if worse weren’t potentially on the horizon, could perhaps be quickly forgotten.
Blowback for the twenty-first century
Remembering Chalmers Johnson.
Gov. Newsom signs bill to raise wages and working standards for fast food workers...
Labor advocates are calling the new bill a "groundbreaking step" for low-wage workers.
What Republicans and billionaires really mean when they talk about ‘freedom’
Freedom to be homeless, jobless, and unable to access health care
when you need it.