Today, if you were to type the word ‘climate’ into Twitter’s search bar, you would likely have the hashtag #ClimateScam suggested as the very first option. On October 27, Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter in a highly followed controversial deal that...
One of my first childhood memories revolves around a flood. I was an apple-cheeked pre-schooler, hair in a bowl cut, camping with my hippie-folkie parents at an old-time fiddlers’ convention in Ivydale, West Virginia. Hard rain brought flash floods, and the creek...
We need to see this newest devastating crisis of democracy in the U.S. with renewed urgency because it has too long a history. Look at what is happening to Iranian women (and Saudi, and Indian, and Afghan) and see ourselves together, in camaraderie against illiberal theocracies.
The consequences of a heating planet are scorching the U.S. Southwest and Mountain West. Two decades of extreme heat and shrinking moisture levels have caused a “megadrought” in states from California to Colorado, amounting to the driest period in 1,200 years.
It’s not an easy time for young people. Everywhere we turn, we’re faced with grim news: racism; sexism; homophobia; xenophobia; gun violence; nuclear armament . . . and the one gargantuan threat hovering like a specter above all ills: climate change.
Humans try to camouflage their atrocious behavior toward their planetary cohabitants. The experimental videos of Pawał Wojtasik explore the consequences of their exploitative entanglements.
We can’t rely on luck anymore. It has become commonplace for presidents, and presidential candidates on the stump, especially since 9-11 two decades ago, to declare solemnly that their “number one responsibility” as president is “to keep Americans safe.” Now I grant...
To commemorate Earth Day, April 20, 2022 This communiqué/report will address the controversy over a banner that was displayed at a recent climate justice rally in Albany, New York on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 and which subsequently focused on two state senators and the...
Independent media’s coverage this past year has informed the public through an ongoing pandemic and worsening climate catastrophes. Outlets and individuals have diligently tracked the overlapping actions of governments and corporations as misinformation muddled the...
Democrats face a political crisis after West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin announced during an appearance on Fox News that he won’t back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill. The Senator stated, “This is a no on this legislation. I have tried...
