Michael Gregory: Dust
After they came down the dust was everywhere eyes ears and mouths inside and outside pulverized matter through every opening afflicting exposed tissue —sometimes mechanically: blocking … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Coca Cola is great as a cleaning fluid — Just don’t put it in your body
I’d like to buy the world a coke. Um, I don’t think so. Coca Cola does terrible things to your body. Medical experts tell us that soft drinks are major … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: The Vermont Book of the Dead
Up here in Vermont, we’re sort of tucked away from the rest of the nation’s storms and upheavals. We read about the cops killing unarmed black men, of floods sweeping … Continue reading
Video: Official “Pantsuit Power” Flash Mob for Hillary
. The video, accompanied by Justin Timberlake’s contagiously boppy disco-pop song “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” was posted on Facebook and Vimeo this week by Humanity for Hillary, a social media … Continue reading
Deirdre Fulton: Global Investors to Big Food — Cut Meat to Avoid ‘Protein Bubble’
Citing the environmental and public health risks of factory farming, a $1.25 trillion coalition of multinational investors has called on 16 global food corporations—including Kraft, Heinz, Nestle, Unilever, Tesco, and … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Where do the two candidates stand on the issues?
Here is an issue-by-issue comparison of the two leading presidential candidates’ positions. One represents the most progressive national program in the history of this country, the other a hodgepodge of … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Disposable Planet
In western society, consumerism occupies a sacred and inviolable space, while the wonders of the living world are dispensable. The world’s largest land animal, the biggest fish, the bird with … Continue reading
Video: “Kulning” — Ancient Swedish Herding Call
. Swedish artist, photographer, and blogger Jonna Jinton says, “Kulning is the word for the ancient Swedish herding call that has its roots in the nordic medieval age. Because … Continue reading
Michael Gregory: A Walk on Wet Ground
The memory of my country spoils my walk. Thoreau A wet morning. Gray. A little too warm for frost. Grackle and raven having their say. Some time … Continue reading
Walter Bargen: Old Rain
Up down, up down, no pause, no let up in the falling. Ovate, serrate, oblong, lobed, green scales weighing each droplet then bending to the fall─a full sky yet … Continue reading
Video: Frank Lloyd Wright on the Role of Ideas in Architecture
One of the most influential architects and designers of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright helped define modern architecture through his innovative style which emphasized harmony between human structures and … Continue reading
Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior issued the following statement regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: … Continue reading
Video: Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protestors with Dogs and Pepper Spray
. On September 3, security forces hired by the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked Native Americans with dogs and pepper spray as they protested against the $3.8 billion pipeline’s construction. … Continue reading
Sam Hamill: What the Water Knows
What the mouth sings, the soul must learn to forgive. A rat’s as moral as a monk in the eyes of the real world. Still, the heart is a river … Continue reading
