OKLAHOMA—On April 2, an estimated 30,000 Oklahoma teachers walked out of schools across the state, some traveling hundreds of miles…
Category: environment
America Is Waking Up to Being Wasteful with Plastic
It’s time to kiss the plastics goodbye. No, not the Mean Girls; I mean the plastics you use every day:…
It’s Time to Meet Regenerative Fiber
Do you know where your clothes came from? No, not the store, the label, or the brand. Or China, India,…
Dark Communities are Healthier Communities
Have you ever seen the Milky Way? The very galaxy we are a part of? I have. But I had…
Smart cities look to their citizens, not multi-national corporations
U.S. cities, it seems, sometimes are setting themselves up for decay, with big tax giveaways, ever-rising prices and systems that put the bulk of…
Building net neutrality, locally, nationwide
Fort Collins, Colorado is planning to build its own internet service utility, trumping the Federal Communications Commission’s move last month…
Healing with the Amazonian Tree Frog, in Texas
Sapo Healing October 23, 2017 The grandmother of five came to this tiny Texas town from Phoenix. The air in…
This Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Wants To Disarm and Demilitarize Police
Raymond Dehn’s progressive policies on criminal justice, housing and more are resonating across the city. My latest at In These…
Detroit’s Garbage Incinerator
Smells like environmental racism. Here’s a bit that got cut for space from the final version, but which I think is…