The limited mind: Why fear is driving humanity to extinction
I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with...
Here’s Elizabeth Warren’s plan to close the wage gap for women of color
"It’s time to build an America that recognizes the role that women of color play in their families and in the economy."
Behold the 21st-century penthouse: Peak decadence?
From the summit of our new 'needle towers,' the ultra rich can look but never really see.
Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies
What happens when an illegally logged tree falls or poachers kill endangered brown bears in the forest, but there’s no journalist to report it?
Why does WaPo see Black as an ‘identity’—but not multi-millionaire?
It’s a shame to see that even there, the voices of the wealthy few can be so unthinkingly substituted for those of the struggling multitude.
The personal is still political – and it’s planetary, too
I had an abortion and now I'm not ashamed.
Will San Francisco be the second city to tax extreme CEO-worker pay gaps?
In November 2019, SF voters will decide the fate of a proposed tax on corporations that pay their top exec more than 100 times worker pay.
On a Philippine island, indigenous groups take the fight to big palm oil
After years of struggling against the odds for the rights to their land, the indigenous peoples of Palawan appear to be making progress.
Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest is the tip of the iceberg: human trafficking is the world’s...
Experts have drawn parallels between the theoretic constructs of human trafficking to that of intimate partner violence, in terms of power and control.
Know your rights: How immigrant rights activists are preparing for looming ICE deportation raids
“We tell our community members that no matter what ICE does, don’t open the door.”