This has to be a unified effort -- from each of us as individuals to our large and unwieldy governments and corporations -- if we are to save our planet and a life for future generations.
It comes down to this. Criticism of political views and policies is one thing. Playing the race card is something else altogether.
It’s long past time to hold to account the president (and his enablers) on the rhetoric that empowers acts of violence. Such words create a climate that fosters just this kind of evil.
“Plurality of views” means including all voices in the political debate: men-women, young-old, rich-poor, minorities and indigenous peoples. The ability to listen and understand is sometimes more important than our ability to speak.
We have big problems to solve, and working together is the only way to make lasting change.
The high rate of "conscientious exemptions" in Kendall County represents a ticking time-bomb for outbreaks such as measles.
The thing you seem unable or unwilling to acknowledge is that the separations, the misery, the suffering – none of it is accidental.
That new normal is autocracy masked as nationalism... President Trump has aligned himself by purpose or by nature to autocratic dictators around the world.
We are on the cusp of losing the brilliant minds of tomorrow to the uncaring, bureaucratic processes of today. It is the duty of the American government to amend this looming issue by turning away from the standardized, one-size-fits-all model of education and encouraging instead higher-level thinking and creativity.
As time is wasted in our nation’s capital, rainforests are cleared, coal is burned, native lands are encroached upon, and the earth is degraded just a little bit more.