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Puerto Rico’s vulnerability to hurricanes is magnified by weak government and bureaucratic roadblocks

Five years after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona has killed at least four people, caused widespread flooding and left hundreds of thousands of residents without water or power. Maria caused extensive

Carlos A. Suárez Carrasquillo, Fernando Tormos-Aponte | Sep 23, 2022

What Capitalism Has to Do With Falling in Love

Even though most of us are sincere in our pursuits of true love, how much do we actually perceive love as a product, and how does this influence our relationships?

Gabes Torres | Sep 19, 2022

Reproductive rights | Health care | Body Politics

How TikTok Helped Me Find Community When the Health Care System Failed Me

“I can finally manage my PCOS in a healthy and sustainable way thanks to an unlikely ally: TikTok.”

Emma Furry | Sep 15, 2022

Reproductive rights | Body Politics

We Can Talk About Abortion Without Being Ableist

The intersection of disability rights and abortion rights is complex.

Jennifer McLelland | Sep 13, 2022

Can a Third Party Be the Charm for Polarized Politics?

Outsider parties can have an effect on electoral outcomes aside from being labeled spoilers. But they almost never change the two-party dynamic.

Chris Winters | Sep 7, 2022

The Transformative Power of Film

Storytelling—in all its images, metaphor, movement, and sounds—can be reflectors for self-understanding and containers for easing pain from times of crisis.

Gabes Torres | Aug 29, 2022

Murmurations with adrienne maree brown

Murmurations: Breaking Is Part of Healing

Talking about endings can be scary, but they are necessary if we are to create something better together, writes adrienne maree brown.

adrienne maree brown | Aug 23, 2022

Water | Climate

Would You Drink Beer Made From Wastewater?

Repurposing water (with treatment, of course) is a safe way to help communities build water resilience in the face of growth and climate change.

Leland Jackson | Aug 19, 2022

Consumerism | Local economies

The Work of Radical Frugality

Frugality isn’t just a virtue practiced by bygone generations. It can also be a break with an all-consuming capitalist system.

Harriet Fasenfest | Aug 15, 2022

Education

To Transform Work, Start With Schools

Centering schools around the well-being of our students (and their teachers) is the most straightforward path to positive change in the workplace.

Ruben Abrahams Brosbe | Aug 15, 2022

Local economies | Climate

Taking Action on Climate Change Requires Coming Together

Climate action, racial justice, and economic reform ultimately all have the same end goal. Our movements should unite behind it.

David Korten | Aug 11, 2022

Mental health

How to Decolonize Mental Health Treatment for BIPOC

Therapy can be very helpful, but we have to remember that therapy is not the standard nor the only place to find healing and safety.

Gabes Torres | Jul 28, 2022

Minimum Viable Planet

Planting for the Planet

“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, ecological architecture and depaving as climate justice.

Sarah Lazarovic | Jul 22, 2022

Reproductive rights | Activism

The Political Power of Pro-Choice Protests

In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, protests remind the Left how political change happens.

Dr. Nolan Higdon, Mickey Huff | Jul 19, 2022

The Danger of Normalizing Trump’s Enablers

Testifying against Trump in the Jan. 6 Committee hearings should not absolve his enablers of the harm they helped him inflict.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jul 14, 2022

Minimum Viable Planet

Putting the Commune in Community

“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, community fundraising and climate.

Sarah Lazarovic | Jul 11, 2022

The Supreme Court’s Crisis of Legitimacy

The Supreme Court has demonstrated that the highest law of the land is whatever they feel like saying it is. What do we do when the court and other institutions are widely seen as illegitimate?

Chris Winters | Jul 5, 2022