For decades, Americans have been told they should love their jobs. But is this a healthy relationship?
Getting White men to give up dominance is a challenge.
NBA championships won by LeBron James after 17 seasons: 4 [1] WNBA championships won by Sue Bird after 17 seasons: 4 [2] Olympic gold medals won by James: 2 [3]
How communities are addressing the digital divide equitably and quickly.
Waste is built into modern culture. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Meet seven deserving medicinal wildflowers to invite into your world.
Don’t forget the plastic that gives me freedom.
I hope to inspire people to want to change, to cut off their plastic usage little by little.
Big Oil says citizens should do more to stop climate change.
Other countries get creative.
Mexico City’s 22 million people discovered change is not that simple.
A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.
The disconnection and buried shame that hold us back.
Textiles are the second largest source of plastic waste.
The movement began as anti-consumerist. Yet now there are marketing ploys, feelings of inadequacy, and misplaced responsibility.
Plastic’s largest market is packaging.
The plastic crisis is tied not only to ecological destruction, but also drives systemic injustice.
With plastic’s fall, will we rise?
In this issue we explore the history of plastic, its global impacts, and some of the most inspiring solutions we’ve come across.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the myopia of climate metrics.
This puzzle might take you a mom-ent.
The president’s American Families Plan takes its cue from feminist economists who have long advocated for a renewed focus on the social safety net.
Already facing health and education gaps, refugees in San Diego banded together during the pandemic to define their own challenges and create their own solutions.
Americans might love the holiday, but few know what they’re celebrating.
The 15-Minute City, an urban concept in which all basic needs can be satisfied with a 15-minute walk or bike ride, is catching on in the U.S. as an indirect reaction to the pandemic.
Border walls aren’t necessary, and neither are the borders themselves in a world built on justice and equality, says author Todd Miller.
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