Many Americans live in a place where they have no access to public transit. They live in areas that might…
Category: environment
Want to be part of peace? Stop working for, and investing in, these Big 5 arms manufacturers
New Report Brings Clarity to U.S. Arms Manufacturing Role in Global Conflicts Most Americans want peace—in the world, in their…
Detroiters Fear Losing Their Water May Mean Losing Their Kids
As thousands of Detroiters have their water shut off over debt, neighbors are helping each other to access water without…
Burning Man is sooo passé
Or, never trust a gathering of tens of thousands of white people. I spend a lot of my time writing…
Meet the Mudgirls: Women Building Their Own Sustainable Homes
Clare Kenny is a natural builder. She uses natural and up-cycled salvaged materials to build houses, incorporating everything from straw…
Breaking the nail salon habit
Last fall, I went through an intense body purification that can best be described as a religious experience. Over my…
Big Coal Is Using This Small Oklahoma Town as a Toxic Waste Dump
BOKOSHE, OKLA.—On the edge of Bokoshe, population less than 500, sits a hill about 60 feet high, covered partly with…
How Privatization Sparked the Massive Oklahoma Teacher Uprising
OKLAHOMA—On April 2, an estimated 30,000 Oklahoma teachers walked out of schools across the state, some traveling hundreds of miles…
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…