Pandemic Lessons from Japan: A Tradition of Considering Others
There’s a certain powerfulness to cultures that practice consideration and support during times of crisis.
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For Asian Americans, Civic Participation Is Visibility
Organizing around the Census and the election amplified the voice and visibility of Asian Americans in Texas. And visibility is the key to creating belonging in a robust democracy.
How to Keep Indoor Air Clean to Reduce the Chance of Spreading COVID
Using increased ventilation or running an appropriately sized air cleaner or filter can add an extra layer of protection.
The Beauty of Doing
“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.
Can California’s Cap and Trade Actually Address Environmental Justice?
Since California’s program launched in 2013, questions have swirled about whether cap and trade has helped or hurt people living in the shadow of the state’s largest emitters.
Major Environmental Wins in Louisiana Have Faith Leaders to Thank
Churches and other places of worship helped strike down an industry-backed ballot amendment and delay a massive plastics project.
Biden’s Climate Plan Is Better Than Most, But Is It Enough?
Transformative solutions will have to address both the benefits and the costs—and provide a path to a healthy future for those facing the greatest losses.
Why Georgia Is Now on Everyone’s Mind
Activists in the Peach State showed us how local organizing can yield results. Can the rest of the nation follow their example?
What Portland’s Smoky Summer Can Do for Air Quality Equity Across the Country
Environmental advocates in Houston and Detroit are striking a balance between acting fast and making lasting change.
Unions and LGBTQ Workers Could Be a Powerful Marriage
History has shown that people-power is one of the best ways to advance rights and win protections, especially when the courts are unreliable.
What Regulating Big Tech Has to Do With Climate Change
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, big tech and climate and you.
The U.S. Has a Fresh Chance to Turn Around a Public Health Disaster
President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 advisory task force is filled with public health professionals. Also, the racially diverse panel looks a lot like the rest of America.
My Grandparents’ Redlining Story Shows Why We Must Do Better
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.
If You Must Gather This Holiday Season, Consider These Precautions
An epidemiologist shares her family’s plan for safer holiday gatherings during the pandemic.
In Brazil, Women Candidates Find Strength in Numbers
Brazilian women are breaking into politics by joining together in collective candidacies, which allow politicians to build stronger coalitions and push for progressive change.
How We the People Can Take Back the Country
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.
From Fear and Anger to Collective Purpose
There’s a way forward after the election, and it must involve having open and honest conversations about our hopes and fears.
With Ambitious Courage, the Work Continues
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
This City Makes Sure No One Goes Hungry—Even During COVID
Nestled on a wide plateau surrounded by the Espinhaço Mountains in southeastern Brazil is the city of Belo Horizonte, roughly 275 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. The city of
Portraits of Matriarchy: Where Grandmothers Are Still in Charge
Life around Lugu Lake—high up in the Himalayas, straddling China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces—has been changing rapidly. Until relatively recently, the Mosuo, a Chinese ethnic minority of about 40,000 people,
The Kind of Heroes We Need to Actually Save the Planet
We can begin by embracing mythologies aimed at exalting environmental sustainability and social equality.
A Better Option For the Gig Economy
Gig workers like flexibility, but get no benefits. Employees get the reverse (usually). There’s a better way with platform cooperatives.
The Next Challenge: Keeping the Nation Together
No matter who wins the election, the results were not the repudiation of Trump's racism, authoritarianism, and corruption that America needed.
Coming to Terms With the Gruesome Truth of Who We Are
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.
So You Want to Document a Protest? Here’s What to Consider First
Seasoned community journalists have some words of wisdom before you decide to livestream your next protest.
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