Billy Clem: Spring in White
And the block’s crazy lady,
boarded up all winter with her bright, uncaged birds
singing, cawing, screaming like a Pride Parade
Sierra Club: New Report Shows Clean Energy Employs Far More Workers than Coal, Oil, & Gas
Clean energy jobs overwhelm fossil fuels in 41 States and D.C. As EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt touts a new executive order attacking the Clean Power Plan, new Sierra Club analysis … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Round-up of top stories in the news
Maryland’s state legislature has passed a ban on fracking which, with the blessing of the Republican governor, is expected to be signed into law any day now. This twist shows … Continue reading
Andrea Germanos: Caring for the Common Good Wins. Norway Ranks World’s Happiest Country
In U.S., happiness is falling and Republican priorities stand to make it worse. Norway now holds the title of the world’s happiest country, according to a new report that also … Continue reading
Emily Dickinson: A Light Exists in Spring
A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period – When March is scarcely here . A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science … Continue reading
Video: Dolphin Megapod in the Gulf of California
. This video was produced by Sea Shepherd, a non-profit organization that takes non-violent direct action against illegal poaching: “On February 25, 2017, while patrolling the waters of the Gulf … Continue reading
Michael Gregory: Two More Maryvale Kids
Two more Maryvale kids dead of leukemia. In Tucson they’re trying to suck the TCE down to “acceptable” levels. In Kingman it’s poison gas plants. In the San Pedro, nitrates … Continue reading
Charles Brice: Wisdom
Wisdom is an albatross living in Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. She’s sixty-six years old, my age, and is nesting an egg, a new life, hope in a shell. … Continue reading
Video: Janna Levin — Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
– Recorded at the Google Talks series in Los Angeles, Dr. Janna Levin talks about why the recent discovery of a black hole collision is so extraordinary. — Janna Levin … Continue reading
Billy Clem: Winter’s Manly Art
Those times in the clearing, a startling bald spot, like the one on his head, the crown men grow to hate, I tried to speak to him. Useless for work, … Continue reading
Robert Reich: Trump’s 10 Steps for Turning Lies into Truths
. Trump’s 10 Steps for Turning Lies into Half-Truths Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal’s editor-in-chief insisted that the Wall Street Journal wouldn’t label Trump’s false statements as “lies.” … Continue reading
Jeremy Brecher: ‘Climate Kids’ vs. Trump is no ordinary lawsuit
Trial of the Century Pits Trump Climate Denialism Against ‘Right to a Climate System Capable of Sustaining Human Life’ Two days after the election of Donald Trump, 21 plaintiffs aged … Continue reading
Billy Clem: As My Death Approaches
I am gravely ill. Medical tests indicate that my blood and many of my internal organs now fail to perform necessary functions. My body, enervated, starving, looks and feels terrible. … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Trump Threatens National Security, Invoke Amendment 25
The Trump administration poses an existential threat to the United States and must be removed from office. We know that seventeen US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia hacked the … Continue reading
