Add November 9th to the mornings I’d rather forget
In the hours after Trump declared victory, some signs of hope and resistance.
Can US threats prevent a wider war in the Middle East?
The priority of U.S. officials must be to stop Israel’s massacre, avoid a regional war, and get out of the way so that other nations can help negotiate a real solution to the occupation of Palestine.
Roseburg Shooter Mercer Killed One-Third the Annual Gun Death Toll of England and Wales
While the U.S. has the "highest gun ownership in the world and the highest murder rate in the developed world," we have yet to do anything about this ongoing problem. It's time to legislate rationally.
Who’s drinking Neanyahu’s Amalek Kool-Aid?
Religious nationalism may be soaring in Israel, but that’s not the trend in America.
#ArsonEmergency? Climate change and Australia’s wildfires
The demonization of environmental activists is nothing new, but the trend toward criminalization is an even more troubling one considering the crisis at hand.
A Letter of Apology to My Grandson
"Someday in the distant future, I hope you’ll read this letter and that, given the ingenuity of our species, given the grit to resist madness, given whatever surprises the future holds, you’ll smile indulgently at my worst fears."
How Earth-centered education helps children learn through nature, play, and relationship
An ecological approach to learning uses outdoor play, storytelling, and shared experience to help children develop a kinship worldview—a deep recognition that living and nonliving parts of the Earth are fundamentally connected.
The White House vs. working stiffs
A handy new pamphlet counts the president's lies and attacks on the working people he duped into supporting him.
As job gains slow, the Fed and Congress apply the wrong medicine
This is hardly the time to put on the fiscal brakes.
Seeds of resistance
Reviving the peace movement in the age of Trump.