Monday, March 23, 2026

In 2021, let’s ring a global alarm—on inequality—that everyone can hear

We have to prevent our societies from returning to—our deeply unequal—business as usual.

How youth turned the tide in the 2020 election

It wasn’t just new voters that made this election the biggest ever: Youth turned out in droves to work on campaigns behind the scenes, too.

Here we go: Another IRS problem (and a Bank of America problem)

“I don’t know if you have IRS problems; I do.”

2020 has shown us the way forward

A new kind of social justice movement has risen above the misery of 2020, and it has taken root in our common humanity.

Let’s reframe individual action as political strategy

“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.

The Christmas gift

His son would have a better Christmas than expected... and he felt absolutely no guilt about it at all.

7 books every activist needs to read

Activism can be a long and exhausting road but there are so many sources of inspiration out there. From indigenous protesters to LGBTQ heroes, recharge your activism with these essential stories of standing up to power.

Time to grow up: Ending divisions creating peace

It's time for humanity to come of age, to reject all that divides us, to unite and create a space in which peace and harmony can ring out across the world.

Inequality gone viral: The obscene numbers

Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.

Mass shootings in the US have risen sharply in 2020—why?

There have been 578 mass shootings so far this year, this is already significantly above the 417 mass shootings recorded in the whole of 2019.