“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
There is a long history of racism in U.S. policing. For all Americans to be truly safe, it is important to weed out White supremacy, especially in the institution sworn to protect us all.
Not if it sends a message to future presidents.
Fifty years after the civil rights movement, our country remains overwhelmingly segregated and overwhelmingly unjust.
The U.S. finds itself in a different place and time than postwar Germany, but the challenge is similar.
A community in Colombia is ditching traditional capitalist models in order to build a collective future.
Nursing homes using the Green House Project’s model of residential care are weathering the pandemic better than traditional institutions. Here’s why.
Despite the onslaught of climate disasters, there is more momentum for political action now than ever before.
The human “fight or flight” response gives demagogues like Trump a tool for political manipulation. But we could replace oppression with a system of care.
“No way would Black or Brown people be treated that way had they attacked a symbol of our democracy.”
A veteran activist describes the international movement to abolish capital punishment.
We can’t afford to wait 13 days until Trump is gone. The time to act is now.
This country was founded on violence and desecration. If you want it to be better, prove it.
The pandemic is traumatizing students. It must be a wakeup call for us to change how we educate.
It wasn’t philanthropy. It was an investment in a marginally more livable world for us and our child.
Meet the podcast host challenging what we think we know about Black Appalachians.
Meet the farmers growing traditional Laotian foods in the hills of North Carolina.
It wasn’t just new voters that made this election the biggest ever: Youth turned out in droves to work on campaigns behind the scenes, too.
As you spend time at the end of this year reflecting and setting goals for 2021, here’s one to consider.
These stories ask the hard questions, directly call out root causes, and remind us that we all have a role to play in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world.
With many families spending more time together now, there are ample opportunities for tension and hurt feelings. But these moments also offer invitations to reconnect.
We should be thinking less about keeping a clear conscience and more about striving toward a mutualistic relationship with the rest of the earth.
Georgia’s political shift could be an early sign of the whole country's shift toward equality and justice.
A brother-and-sister writing team bring Native culture and love of family to an environmental story for children.
A new children’s book centers Native culture and our relationship with Earth.
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