Facial Recognition Tech Perpetuates Racial Bias. So Why Are We Still Using It?
This unregulated technology has served to enhance discriminatory practices by law enforcement and further endanger the lives of communities of color.
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Talking (and Not Talking) About the Climate Emergency With My Kids
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, how to talk to kids about climate change.
Overturning Roe v. Wade Isn’t Just About Abortion
The likely outcome of the Dobbs decision will have far-reaching effects on women’s health, both physiological and financial.
Why Supporting Black-Run Child Care Centers Benefits Everyone
President Biden has already committed to addressing systemic racism. Here’s a good place to start.
Does the Climate Crisis Inspire Anger?
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we contemplate anger, heart, and action.
How to Show Solidarity with Black Lives Matter this Holiday Season
Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter explains how the 3 core tenets of the Black Xmas campaign are building Black, buying Black, and banking Black.
A Brief Analysis of Letting Go
As a collective, how do we say goodbye to the structures and traditions that no longer serve, protect, and preserve us?
Chasing Liberty Along the Nez Perce Trail
“For 16 disquieting days, Sassia and I felt like we were chasing liberty—but whose, was the daily question. It never seemed like it was ours, or that of others obstructed from the American Dream. Not the Nez Perce’s, for sure.”
Blowing Up a Few Myths About Inflation
Unchecked inflation can be damaging, but what we’re seeing in the U.S. is a fundamentally different issue: one in which inflation is being politicized.
Why Do Men Get to Make the Climate Decisions?
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we talk about women, art, climate, and guinea pigs.
Food as a Portal—to Myself
“In my blood is a culture that is inextricable from its food. How could I reclaim this after years of denying myself this birthright?”
The Gentrification of Wilderness
“Maybe people are indeed loving places and species to death, but since BIPOC are largely disconnected from the organized outdoors, it’s white people who are spreading this toxic form of tough love.”
Put Philanthropy on the Front Lines
How to decolonize wealth through reparations.
A Road Trip to Explore Race Along the Nez Perce Trail
“I felt a kinship with the Nez Perce who, like my Japanese American community, were banished to less desirable land.”
The Attractive and the Anonymous: Inequity in Media Coverage for Victims of Violence
The Gabby Petito case illustrated yet again how media outlets disproportionately fixate on missing and murdered White women. Veteran journalist Guillermo Torres analyzes why— and how editors can do better.
Immigrants Like Me Experience Two Ends of the Climate Crisis
While my family lives under existential threat from catastrophic cyclones in Mozambique, immigrant communities in the diaspora, like mine in London, also have to face toxic air quality.
Every Fraction of a Degree of Global Warming Matters
“The climate crisis is here and with 1.2°C bringing so much suffering already, fighting for 1.5°C is already a compromise.”
My Memories of Diwali Celebrations are Antithetical to India’s Hindu Fundamentalists
“India’s rightwing Hindu supremacists want to control how we celebrate Diwali, a Hindu-origin tradition that is widely embraced and signifies the universal idea that good will triumph over evil.”
The Hidden Side of Fossil Fuel Investments: Private Equity
These investment firms face fewer disclosure and transparency rules. So their investors—public pension funds—need to hold them accountable.
Building a Beautiful Climate Future Starts with Imagination
“If we’re going to make the world over, let’s do it right. Let’s make a masterpiece.”
A Master Altarista Explains the Essentials of a Día de los Muertos Altar
Mother of nine, matriarch Ofelia Esparza learned how to make Día de los Muertos altars from her mother. Now, she’s passing on the craft to a new generation.
What Are the Trees Saying About Us?
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we listen to what nature has to offer in the conversation around climate solutions.
Can Detroit Return its Brownfields to the Indigenous Sacred Sites They Once Were?
The destruction of burial mounds in Detroit paralleled the displacement and genocide of Indigenous peoples throughout the United States.
The Pursuit of Rest Under Capitalism
“Could it be that the fragmentation of our relations has been a fundamental cause of our exhaustion?”
10 Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Legacy Remains Strong
Occupy Wall Street gave the left ideas, skills, and a base in a way no one could have imagined a decade ago. The radicalization of a generation, the ability to easily explain class, the potential for mass nonviolent direct action, and crowbarring politics to let in socialist ideas and elected officials are all invaluable legacies.
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