Tag: Social Science
Ritual, power, and the weekend arena
The roar of a crowd that believes its collective voice matters stands in quiet contrast to spectacles that ask only for attention, passivity, and allegiance.
Learning from history, if we dare
To leverage and learn from humanity’s history regarding what fostered sustainability in the past, we need to know the outcomes.
Six questions for a world that seems to be losing interest...
How do we shape a democratic future living in a zeitgeist that is tightening its grip across the globe?
Why does our skin wrinkle in water?
Mark Changizi’s study offers a scientific and anthropological explanation for a phenomenon many take for granted.
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Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."