ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM: A PHOTO MONTAGE
This is an extremely well-executed photo montage that captures the future of advocacy and activism, with narration by social activist Mel Packer. To view more about the project, please visit … Continue reading
DOUBLE RUN
I never order trout in a restaurant. Though I was tricked once by neat rows of trout on ice at my local fish market. Never again. Their taste, at best, … Continue reading
FRACKING DESTROYS TERRY GREENWOOD’S FARM
Terry Greenwood, whose dairy farm in Daisytown, Pennsylvania, was destroyed by nearby fracking wells, died June 9, 2014 from a brain tumor. Here’s a short documentary in which Terry talks … Continue reading
Clifford Thompson: A Brief Take on Slavery and the Holocaust
The tendency to mistreat one another, occasionally on a horrifyingly large scale, appears to run deep in the human makeup. Our technological progress routinely laps its moral counterpart, if, in … Continue reading
THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPERS: A FABLE
The ant worked hard in the withering summer heat, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter, while the grasshoppers were not nearly so industrious. But the grasshoppers … Continue reading
A SILENCED MOURNING
In the past several decades, there has been an increased public “outing” of the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Nazi regime. Holocaust museums around the world have erected … Continue reading
A LETTER FROM MEL PACKER
Ed. note: after I said to the Pittsburgh environmental activist Mel Packer that I was learning a great deal from his powerful writing and speaking, he responded: A nice compliment, … Continue reading
THE COMMON CORE AND BILLY KWAN
Our vice-principal called the English Department into her office. “Congratulations. You made A. Y. P.!” Translation: my department passed the Common Core Test, the newest of a decade long series … Continue reading
RANGE RESOURCES ON THE DANGERS OF FRACKING
We know from history and the consensus of the scientific community that hydraulic fracking contaminates groundwater, pollutes the air we breathe, and degrades land for other uses. And we know … Continue reading
FRACKING: THE UNTOLD STORY
Please check out this incredible documentary, produced by Raisa Scriabine and narrated by Kristen Udowitz, illuminating the dangers of shale gas fracking.