Trees and Crops Don’t Have to Compete. Climate Crisis Calls for Agroforestry.
Growing up in North Texas, farming meant single crops spread out as far as the eye can see. Like many Americans, I’d come to assume that trees had no place in that vista. Most of us assume that forests and food are incompatible. Now that the climate crisis calls for vastly more trees, it’s time […]
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Losing Confidence in the Pillars of Our Civilization
Millions of citizens have long since concluded that professional sports, academia, entertainment, and other entertainment institutions were not disinterested, but far-left and deliberately hostile to Middle America. Yet American conservatives still adamantly supported the nation’s traditional investigatory, intelligence, and military agencies—especially when they came under budgetary or cultural attacks. But not anymore. Conservatives have connected […]
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This Year I’m Thankful for the Revolt Against Two-Tier Hiring Practices
It’s inspiring to see members in revolt against two-tier at the farm equipment maker John DeereThe hospital chain Kaiser PermanenteThe cereal maker Kellogg’s, and the parcel giant UPS. Two-tier isn’t just an unfair idea — it’s also a union-killer. In case your employer hasn’t acquainted you with this repugnant policy, a two-tier system means that […]
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Rich Countries Blamed as New COVID Variant Sparks Global Alarm
The detection of an new, heavily mutatedPublic health officials around the world are shocked by a potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant found in Botswana and other countries. rush to understandThe strain and its potential impact on the global pandemic response. For vaccine equity campaigners and epidemiologists, the emergence of another highly contagious coronavirus mutation is far […]
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Communications and Electronics Lobbying Skyrockets Amid Microchip Shortage
The ongoing global semiconductor shortage has stifled both smartphone and car companies alike. communications and electronics sector spent 15.1% Federal lobbying saw more activity in the third quarter than it did last year. This brings its total for 2021 to a staggering 62 percent. $362.1 million. It was the sector with the highest lobbying spending […]
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Raising the Standard of Living for Everyone Could Offset the Pains of Inflation
Many Americans are starting to notice the rising prices of goods, such as sour milk and carburetors. Politicians are warning about an inflation crisis. You may be wondering which single force would cause the price for a dairy product to rise at the same rate as the price for a car component. Inflation is not […]
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The Jury Selection Process Is Rigged in Favor of White Supremacy
Three men were convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Abery, who was jogging through his neighborhood by 12 Brunswick jurors on November 24th. The men, all white, claimed that they shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, in self-defense. This verdict arrives despite efforts to tip the scales of justice in the murderers’ favor. […]
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The Right Is Hijacking Progressive Arguments to Undermine Public Health
COVID-19 has decimated the U.S., and many progressive health-care activists and organizations like National Nurses United are now unable to help. have illustratedHow the pandemic has made it worse than what was already intolerable in our for-profit medical system. Some on the anti-vax right have instead used the “preexisting conditions” of our health care system […]
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130 Social Justice Groups Are Calling on WTO to Adopt Patent Waiver
A group of over 130 national and international civil society organizations is demanding the World Trade Organization postpone its upcoming ministerial meeting unless it first agrees to adopt a patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines seen by social justice campaigners as crucial to ending “vaccine apartheid.” The groups made their demands in an open letter to […]
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Schumer Got $66K From Top Health Insurance Lobbyist Amid Build Back Better Talks
This article was written by Sludge, an independent, ad free investigative news website that covers money in politics. Click here for support Sludge. In the third quarter of this year, as the Democratic leaders of Congress were scrambling to decide what to keep in President Biden’s reconciliation package and what to cut, Senate Democratic leader […]
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