Generation Z Is Forging Healthy Social Media Practices for the Benefit of All
Emma Lembke, a seventh-grader, was the last person in her Birmingham, Alabama friend group to use social media. She says that she became addicted to the apps after she started, spending five hours per day on them, mostly Instagram. “At an important developmental period in my life as a young female, as a young kid, […]
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Instead of Travel Bans, Let’s Defeat Omicron Variant With Global Vaccination
There may be international concern and widespread alarm on the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Well being Group (WHO) has referred to as Omicron. The WHO classified Omicron as a “variant of concern” as a result of it has a variety of mutations. This means vaccines and coverings could possibly be much […]
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Workers Deserved Bernie’s Build Back Better, But They’ll Likely Get Manchin’s
“Fuck the managers. Fuck this company. Fuck this position,” yelled Shana Blackwell, 19, overtakes a Walmart intercom Last year. “I fucking quit!” She called staff “racist” Sexist Then she walked away from the job. Her eyes lit up like fire as pride and defiance filled her cellphone video. Her Tweet was the most viral tweet […]
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Trump Has Already Laid the Groundwork to Subvert the 2024 Election
Donald Trump and his Republican Party have set the stage for the U.S. presidency in 2024, regardless of how the election results. If they decide to pursue this plan most of the conditions that they would need to achieve it are already in place. If you think this sounds absurd, continue reading. Never miss another […]
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Omar Condemns GOP for Letting Boebert’s “Anti-Muslim Bigotry” Go Unpunished
Rep. Ilhan Omar on Saturday condemned her GOP colleagues’ inaction following the recent publication by Rep. Lauren Boebert of an anti-Muslim video in which the Colorado Republican lies about the Somali-American lawmaker being mistaken for a suspected suicide bomber inside the U.S. Capitol. “These anti-Muslim attacks aren’t about my ideas but about my identity and […]
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Diaper Banks Are Filling a Need for Low-Income Families Whom Federal Aid Fails
This story was originally published in The 19th. Springfield, Missouri — The minivan leaves Springfield before the sun hits the limestone outcroppings of the Ozark Mountains, zipping past church-dotted roads and winding this way and that — deep, deep, deep into the hills. It has about a dozen boxes of Huggies and Cuties, sizes 4 […]
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Expanding Carbon Capture and Storage Would Delay Transition From Fossil Fuels
After decades of sowing doubtConcerning climate change and its causes the fossil fuel industry has shifted to a new strategy: presenting it as the source for solutions. This repositioning includes rebranding itself as a “carbon management industry.” This strategic pivot was on displayAt the Glasgow climate summit and at Congressional hearing in October 2021, where […]
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Starbucks Is Swarming Buffalo-Area Shops With Top Execs to Quash Union Drive
Howard Schultz, ex-CEO of Starbucks, stepped down as CEO in June 2018. This was just weeks before his retirement. issued a farewell address with a few words of wisdom for the company he’d leave behind. In it, he encouraged Starbucks workers of all stripes to “never embrace the status quo,” advising them to approach the […]
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Biden Is Offering “Trivial Changes” to Oil and Gas Leasing Policy, Critics Say
Climate campaigners and other progressive critics called Friday’s Biden administration to account for its failure to create a new U.S. Interior Department report on leasing public land and waters to oil-and gas companies. Critics slammed its proposals as too weak considering the need to keep fossilfuels in the ground. The report — prepared in response […]
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A Unionization Wave Is Reshaping Museums and Cultural Institutions Across the US
Thought performative overturesMuseums and art have been given a veneer of radicalism by their commitment to social justice and diversity. However, recent labor organizing efforts within the sector have made it clear how quickly management will challenge these values. when material issues of economic and racial equity arise within their own institutions. As the pressures […]
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