Roughly 20 percent of U.S. workers are in a high-paying finance, technology, and electronics sectors. The other 80 percent face a daily struggle to survive.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, December 19, 2017)
As 2017 draws to an end, it is perhaps fitting that Congress chose to close out the year with the passage of […]
There is one cause that can and must unite us all.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, October 11, 2017)
The Las Vegas massacre focused national attention once again on the National Rifle Association’s ability to thwart democracy and the desire of an overwhelming majority of Americans, […]
The Trump/Republican tax cut proposal is an opportunity to discuss how to redistribute wealth and power.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, October 4, 2017)
As Donald Trump and the Republicans turn national attention to their tax reform agenda, we confront a debate defined by familiar questions. Will the proposed tax code […]
The Earth mother that birthed and nurtures us may now need us as much as we need her.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, August 23, 2017)
On July 9, New York magazine published “The Uninhabitable Earth,” a worst-case climate change scenario suggesting that our current human course may produce an unlivable future for Earth. A […]
Our System of law has the rights issue exactly backward. But humanity is slowly reawakening to the simple logic that Mother Earth’s rights must come before human rights.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, July 7, 2017)
It was a stunning breakthrough in a rights issue that could be a crucial step toward ensuring a […]
Forget the GDP, it's time for our leaders to pay attention to metrics that matter.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, June 14, 2017)
In explaining why his city got rid of monuments to Confederate generals, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu eloquently summarizes our country’s history of diversity.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, May 26, 2017)
The integration of knowledge, science, hospitality, and travel can have huge benefits for human connections and peace.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, May 17, 2017)
This is the real-world economy for a living Earth that we must learn to structure and manage to provide a safe space for humanity.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, May 3, 2017)
Has Trump served us all in breaking things open? Only if we use the moment for serious rethinking of policy.
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, April 19, 2017)