Voices for Change

Americans must fight back against those in this country who are committing treason when they try to destroy our Democracy and our Constitution.

Could the stark choice our country is facing in Iran be a turning point, a moment when the American people will stand up and clearly, strongly say “No” to war, before our corrupt leaders can plunge Iran?

The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.

That my thought experiment won’t happen, indeed fail badly, reinforces a party going full speed towards a cliff without looking up from its insular "party favors."

The people have more power than we realize. And the people in power are terrified of it.

The Paris climate summit, dominated by the economic and political forces that are driving us toward destruction, will end with the usual empty rhetoric and a continued assault on the ecosystem.

It ain’t over ‘til it's over, and the better angels of our nature are most readily accessible through great literature and art, great science, and expert history that dispels truthiness and lies.

As long as there are great wealth and poverty in our country, we will never get completely rid of two-tier systems.

Our system of inverted totalitarianism has within it the seeds of an overt or classical fascism.

“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.