Crisis means danger and opportunity
The present crisis will undoubtedly lead to great change, but will it be takeovers by neo-fascist leaders such as Trump? Or will the change be social reforms?
A Christmas confession
The U.S. economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming.
Cooperative artist residencies give Black creatives the space to thrive
How two nascent artist residencies on opposite sides of the country are giving Black creatives opportunities to rest and create.
The 15 Most Ridiculous Things Conservative Media Said About Climate Change In 2015
4. WSJ Op-Ed Claims Finding That Bacon Causes Cancer Is Part Of Climate Change Conspiracy.
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.
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.”
Why society is increasingly turning to community schools to address the youth mental health...
The struggles of a rural school district in New Mexico illustrate how educators and parents believe they know what will work—if only they can get policy leaders to support it.
As peace protests are violently suppressed, CNN paints them as hate rallies
Some in corporate media very clearly took sides, portraying student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid.
Civil Rights: From Sundance, to Selma, to South Carolina
In 1915 one of the most nakedly racist films was screened in the White House. One hundred years later a very different film, directed by an African-American woman, was screened there. Change happens, slowly, but it happens. Could the birth of a new nation be at hand?
Why fear and self-hatred destroy human sharing and solidarity
To love yourself truly, you must always courageously act out your own self-will, whatever the consequences.








