“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, what it means TO BE OF USE.
Opinion
Activists in the Peach State showed us how local organizing can yield results. Can the rest of the nation follow their example?
History has shown that people-power is one of the best ways to advance rights and win protections, especially when the courts are unreliable.
As we face the impact of COVID-19, now is an opportune time to create equitable housing policies that can close the yawning gaps created by racial inequity.
From its origins in snobbery and slavery to our current dilemma of equity and equality, the Electoral College represents a lot of what is wrong with our democracy.
There’s a way forward after the election, and it must involve having open and honest conversations about our hopes and fears.
We can begin by embracing mythologies aimed at exalting environmental sustainability and social equality.
No matter who wins the election, the results were not the repudiation of Trump's racism, authoritarianism, and corruption that America needed.
Watching hopes for a strong repudiation of Trumpism fade on election night forced me to take a long, hard look at this adopted country of mine.
Living in the United States, I came to understand the ancient Mexican tradition of honoring the dead.
This decision comes with the privileges of race, class, and citizenship status—which is why reproductive justice needs to be part of the climate conversation.
The founders of this nation did many things, but establishing democracy was not one of them. That’s our job.
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