Death. Readiness is all
If it were better understood dying would no longer be dreaded as it so often is.
Alabama police officer convicted of murdering suicidal man
“An innocent man was murdered. He called for help, and he got Ben Darby.”
What does accountability look like without punishment?
If we commit to abolishing "death-making institutions" and instead build those that are life-giving, we might not be so married to revenge and punishment.
50 years later, end the War on Drugs
Nixon’s War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. President Biden should end it once and for all.
Why the Russian Revolution actually owes its success to nonviolent resistance
Despite conventional wisdom, Russians relied principally on a sophisticated and diverse array of nonviolent methods to end centuries of tsarist rule in 1917.
Battling a mining Goliath on two continents
Environmental activists have made some important strides in confronting the Australian mining company Lynas.
Burn Pits, Climate Change and the US Military
While it’s obvious that the Democratic candidates are much better on these issues than the four Republicans still seeking their party’s nomination, the media needs to take a share of the blame for so rarely bringing up the topic.
Can we measure inequality without tallying the wealth of our wealthy?
Hundreds of prestigious economists don’t think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.
Making Monsters: How media encourage hatred of immigrants
Is it virtually impossible for Americans to accept migrants as human when the news persistently degrades, brutalizes and distorts their image?
As salmon disappear, a battle over Alaska Native fishing rights heats up
The salmon shortage has also inflamed a long-simmering legal fight among Native stakeholders, the Biden administration, and the state over who gets to fish on Alaska’s vast federal lands.