Environment and Health
To Save the Planet, We Need to Demilitarize the Police
Even with climate disasters all around us, nonviolent environmental demonstrations face fierce police repression. Why?
The Triumph and Tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team
It’s beautiful that there’s an Olympic team for 82 million displaced people. But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?
Farm Workers Are Dying. Blame Our Exploitative Food System.
Our food system is built on exploited labor — a problem that’s getting worse as the climate changes. What’s the solution?
Cubans Are Suffering. Biden Needs to End the Embargo.
Biden should reverse Trump’s sanctions and call an end to 60 years of brutal economic warfare.
Don’t Go Small on Infrastructure
By raising taxes on the wealthy and redirecting other public resources, we can meet everyone’s needs and strengthen our economy.
Engaging with Extremism
It’s tragic that people die because of vaccine conspiracy theories. But the answer may be to listen, not confront.
In Need of Repair and Reparations
The Surfside collapse illustrates, very literally, that a house divided cannot stand.
The Military Wasn’t a Way Out of Poverty for Me
Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place.
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.
We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline
The fight over a northern Minnesota pipeline project could have global repercussions.
