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1,3-Dichloropropene: The Dangerous, Sweet-Smelling Pesticide You’ve Never Heard Of

10 Reasons Why Hydropower Isn’t a Climate Solution

21 Ways to Divest from the War Economy

21st Century Capitalism Explainer

600 Million Metric Tons of Plastic May Fill Oceans by 2036

7 Ways You Can Address the Plastic Crisis Without Relying on Recycling

8 Billion Humans? Population Is a Difficult Conversation, But Let's Have One

A Historical Case for Why the EU Could Endure for More Than 1,000 Years

A Lesson of Coronavirus: Hunting Wildlife Can Be Deadly

A Quick Guide to Creating a Wildlife Sanctuary in Your Own Backyard

Advances in Archaeology Allow Us to Understand Political Evolution and Social Change in Deep Time

Air Pollution Is Killing Millions and Rising Exponentially—A Shift in Agriculture Can Solve It

Alternatives to Policing

An Ancient Recipe for Social Success

Animal-Free Agriculture Is Key to Restoring Biodiversity

Archaeology Is Flipping the Script on What We Know About Ancient Mesoamerica

Are Community Schools the Last, Best Shot at Addressing Education Inequity?

Are Plant-Eaters Smarter and More Empathetic Than Meat-Eaters?

Are Western Oligarchies a Long Detour of Civilization?

Better Family Planning Can Improve Public Health, Inequality and the Environment

Big Banks Break Their Climate Promises by Propping Up Big Meat

Can Humanity Make a Shift to a Less Pollutive Energy System?

Can Humanity Repair Its Relationship With Nature? Weaving Earth Education Center Offers a Promising Path

Can Teething Predict How Fast You Will Grow?

Can You Reset Your Biological Age to Live a Longer, Healthier Life?

Carbon Capture Is a Potential Weapon Against Climate Change

Carbon Farming: A Sustainable Agriculture Technique That Keeps Soil Healthy and Combats Climate Change

Climate Change Is Boosting Plant Pollens and Human Seasonal Allergies

Climate Crises Can Lead to Improved Social Cooperation and Economy

Coins and Temples in the Ancient World

Community Care Systems in Boston Inspired by bell hooks

Community Schools Can Revitalize the Neighborhoods Around Them

Community Schools Were Succeeding in Oakland, But the District Shut Them Down Anyway

Connecting With Nature Is a Path to Finding Joy in Life

Corporations Are Turning Public Schools Into Their Workforce Training ‘Pipelines’

Costa Rica: The New Grand Tour

Cruelty-Free Fashion: Growing Leather Without Animals

Damming Rivers Is Terrible for Human Rights, Ecosystems and Food Security

Debt Forgiveness in the Bronze Age

Debt in Ancient Greece

Discarding Old Theories on the Path to Finding the First Humans Outside Africa

Do Grandmothers Hold the Key to Understanding Human Evolution?

Don’t Fall for the Fake Minimum Wage Debate

Eight Themes in Mesopotamia’s Evolving Labor-Shaped Economies

Exposing the Climate Hypocrisy of International Insurance Companies

Facing a Surge in Wildfires, the U.S. Government Turned to Native Wisdom and Advanced Archaeology

Financial Fraud, Malfeasance, and Ineptitude Plague Federal Government Charter Schools Program

Finding the Roots of Religion in Human Prehistory

Food Companies Intentionally Make Their Products Addictive, and It’s Leading to Chronic Diseases

Free Market Ideology Compared to the Principles of Near Eastern Rulership

Global Pet Craze Is Becoming a Major Contributor to the Extinction Crisis

Greene Street Artists Coop Is a Haven for Philadelphia Creatives

Guide to Animal Rights Protections Around the World

Guide to Factory-Farmed Chickens: Animal Cruelty on a Massive Scale

Guide to Sustainable, Eco-Friendly, Organic and Vegan Wine

Have Nonprofits Misled Supporters by Hiding Unsustainable Growth Policies?

How Artists Stand on the Front Lines of Political Resistance in America

How Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis

How Billionaire Charter School Funders Corrupted the School Leadership Pipeline

How Bioenergy Causes Air Pollution

How California’s Farmers and Ranchers Could Lead the Way to Climate Resilience

How Can We Understand the Passage of Time?

How Capitalism’s Defenders and Propagandists Defend It From Criticism

How Cities Around the World Are Adapting to Better Food Systems

How Collectives Empower People to Understand the Financial Side of Life

How Community Schools Can Transform Parent Involvement for the Better

How Elite Infighting Made the Magna Carta

How Europe Is Depleting U.S. Forests in the Name of Fighting Climate Change

How Factory Farms Pollute the Environment and Poison Drinking Water

How Greek Coinage Democratized the Character of Money

How Land Use Is a Tool for Solving Climate Change

How Long Has Humanity Been at War With Itself?

How Making Space for Grief Can Promote Community Healing

How Media Companies Can Meet Their Climate Commitments—and How Readers Can Help

How One Podcast Provides a Platform for Those Putting the Planet and People Over Profit

How People Are Fighting the World’s Reliance on the War Economy

How Practices of Care Can Support Activists to Endure

How Prehistoric Humans Discovered Fire Making

How Science Fiction Can Inspire Environmentalism and Climate Action

How Teachers and Organizers Challenged the First U.S. Education Savings Account Voucher Program

How Three New Museums Are Teaching the World About a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Origins

How Unclear Federal Law Allows Logging, Farming, and Mining to Threaten U.S. Ecosystems

How We Can Protect the Air Despite the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

How a 20th-Century Family Planning Agenda Fueled the Climate Crisis

How a Neighborhood Co-op Started by Teens Helped Communities Around the U.S. Adopt Solar Power

How the Acequia Ancient Irrigation Method Makes Sustainable Life Possible in the U.S. Southwest

How the Camp Lejeune Justice Act 2022 Can Help Veterans Impacted by Toxic Exposure

How the Constitution Fails to Protect the Environment

How the Crusades Shaped Finance in the West

How the Food Industry Uses Big Tobacco’s Playbook

How to Decode Humane Food Labels at the Supermarket

How to Fix Our Food System

How to Localize Our Food Systems

How to Make Recyclable Plastics Out of CO2 to Slow Climate Change

How to Solve the Big Problems That Small Family Farms Are Facing

How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun, Too)

Human Overpopulation Is a Key Driver Behind Some of Humanity’s Biggest Challenges

Humanity’s Main Environmental Problem Is Consumption—Climate Change Is a Byproduct

Hummingbirds Are in Rapid Decline

Hyperprosociality: A Compelling Theory to Explain a Key Trait of Modern Humans

Indigenous Land Management Practices Are a Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Profit Company

Investigation Exposes Animal Abuse at U.S. Supplier to World’s Largest Meat Company

Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy Attainable?

Is Eating Locally and in Season Actually Better for the Environment?

Is Wastewater an Answer for Adapting to Climate Change?

Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public?

Is ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ Possible?

Is ‘The Daily Show’ a Fool or a Tool of War?

It’s Not Just Ideology: Why the U.S. Is Hard-Wired to Be Hostile to Autocratic Regimes

Keeping Cattle on Public Land Is Bad for People, Cows, Wildlife, and the Planet

Kids Are Really Worried About the Climate Crisis

Learning From History, If We Dare

Lessons From Mutual Aid in Social Justice and Survival

Local Alternatives to Fossil Fuels and Big Polluters

Local Peace Economy 101

Mainstream Ideology Defends Creditor Claims Over the Indebted Economy

Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future From Climate Change-Related Storms

Medicine Residue Is Everywhere in Our Rivers and Lakes—and Fish Are Behaving Strangely

Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the First Person to Understand Climate Change—More Than Two Centuries Ago

Methane: The Forgotten Climate Change Driver That’s Poisoning Frontline Communities

Millions of People Freecycle Instead of Buying New

Modern (Mis)interpretations of Clean Slates

Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies

Navigating the Energy Transition: Renewables Abound, but Grid Challenges Loom

Ninety-Nine Percent of Seabirds Will Have Plastic in Their Guts by 2050

Obscene Wealth Is a Social Problem

On Primate Research, the U.S. Is ‘Out of Step’ With the Rest of the World

Our Ancient Relationship With Red Ocher and the Color of Cognition

Our Coffee Addiction Is Destroying the Environment

Our Food System Is the Bullseye for Solving the World’s Climate Challenges

Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities

Our Times Call for Managing Complexities, Not Solving Problems

Our World Is in a Multifront Crisis—It’s Time to Cultivate a Local Peace Economy

Outdated Narratives Have Humanity in a Downward Spiral—It’s Time to Tell ‘Stories for Life’

PPE May Save Human Lives, but It’s Deadly for Wildlife

Palm Oil in Common Household Products Is Destroying the World’s ‘Orangutan Capital’

Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home Right Now

Parallels Between Archaic Entrepots and Modern Offshore Banking Centers

Philadelphia Homeless Residents’ Unprecedented Grassroots Housing Victory

Plastic Pollution Is a Crime Against People and the Planet

Populist Climate Action Requires Thinking About Freedom From Specific Oppressors—Not Just Species Survival

Prepared Learning: What Are Humans Hard-Wired for at Birth?

Private Enterprise Originated in Public Institutions

Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation

Profit Trumps People and Planet in Brazil’s Eucalyptus Industry

Property and Debt in Ancient Rome

Public Libraries Remain Essential Despite Defunding and Privatization

Red Earth Farms Is Proof That Intentional Communities Can Succeed

Republicans Learn to Promote Fascism at the Feet of a Master (Hint: It's Not Trump)

Rivers Are Key to Restoring the World’s Biodiversity

Roman Oligarchs Avoided Tax Liability and Restrictions on Land Size

Seven Features of Ancient Enterprise

Should Harming Mother Earth Be a Crime? The Case for Ecocide Laws

Should Humans Try to Modify the Amount of Sunlight the Earth Receives?

Six Questions for a World That Seems to Be Losing Interest in Democracy

Smothered by Riches: A History of the Corporate Takeover That Came After the Powell Memo

Socialist or Capitalist—What Is China’s Model, Exactly?

Some Myths Regarding the Genesis of Enterprise

Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans

Sustainability Is Not as New an Idea as You Might Think—It’s More Than 300 Years Old

Telling The ‘Untold’ Stories Of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, And Hopes—In Gaza And Beyond

Terms That Are Frequently Used to Describe Capitalism Simply Don’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny

The Activist Success Story Behind the Biggest Dam Removal Deal In U.S. History

The Adaptive Value of Teenagers: How Peer Learning Contributes to Primate Success

The Ancient Patterns of Migration

The Animal Feed Industry’s Impact on the Planet

The Art of Building a Human-Hawk Relationship

The Case for Protecting the Tongass National Forest, America’s ‘Last Climate Sanctuary’

The Centers of Global Capitalism Are Migrating Away From the U.S., Europe and Japan

The Community Schools Model

The Cradle of Humanity

The Dairy Industry Is Determined to Pour Itself Down Our Throats

The Danger of Releasing Genetically Modified Trees Into the Wild

The Different Ways That the U.S. and Chinese Governments Use Their Power to Regulate Capitalism

The Double Edge Theater’s Project to ‘Rematriate Land’

The Evolution of the Human Pair Bond

The Function of the University in a Time of Crisis

The Global Push for Population Growth Shows We’re Not Grappling With the Climate Crisis

The Growing Movement to Bring Back Community Grief and Ritual

The Humble Carrot’s Colorful History

The Impact of Plastic on Human Health

The Inspiring Movement to Build for Climate Resiliency

The Internet Is a Major Environmental Problem

The Legacy of Betsy DeVos on Public Education

The Lessons of Ancient Entrepreneurship

The Meat Industry Has Created a False Dichotomy That Pits People Against Animals

The Mesopotamian Origin of Debt

The Monetary Role of Silver in Sumer

The Moneyless Economy in the USA

The New Cold War and the Risk of Nuclear Annihilation

The New Grand Tour

The Nuclear Energy Dilemma: Climate Savior or Existential Threat?

The Palm Oil Industry Is Pushing Critically Endangered Elephants to Extinction

The Potential Impact of Wireless Technology on Wildlife

The Power of Poetry to Move Us to Love in Times of Human Cruelty

The Privatization of Law, Religion and Culture

The Relevance of Ancient History to Modern Economic Crises

The Renewable Energy Transition Is Failing

The Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse

The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act Decision Threatens the Nation’s Rivers

The Terrible True Cost of Milk, Cheese, Butter, and Ice Cream

The Truth About Markets, Pillar of Capitalist Ideology

The U.S. Is Borrowing Its Way to Fascism

The World’s Coffee Shops Have Emerged as Plant Milk’s Front Line

There Are Better Ways for Societies to Address Inflation Than by Hiking Interest Rates

These U.S. Banks Are Financing Climate Chaos Through Fossil Fuel Expansion

This Team of Female Outreach Workers Is Helping Keep San Francisco’s Latino Communities Housed and Healthy

Time Is the New Money

Tool Lending Libraries Allow Us to Rethink What We Are Willing to Share

Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Weaken the Immune System Response

Unchecked Human Activity Is Pushing Ecosystems Toward the Brink

Understanding Zoonotic Diseases: How Humans Get Sick From Nonhuman Animals

Understanding the Basics of 21st-Century Democracy, Autocracy, and Capitalism

Understanding the Solidarity Economy and Just Transition

Veganic Farming: How My Tiny Plot Produced 5,000 Pounds of Food Without Using Manure

Voting Systems: How They Work, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigation

War Is Not Inevitable—A More Peaceful Future Is Possible

War Is Weaponized Confusion

Was the Sphere the First Geometrical Form Made by Humans?

Water Conflicts Across Africa Threaten Security, Health, and the Environment

We Can Prevent Pandemics by Shutting Down Live Animal Markets

We Did Not Evolve to Be Selfish—and Humans Are Increasingly Aware We Can Choose How Our Cultures Can Evolve

We Ignore Thousands of Threatened Plant Species at Our Peril

We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy

What China Learned From U.S. Capitalism’s Development

What Does Play Tell Us About Human Evolution?

What Factory Farm Conditions Do to Animals—Including Humans

What Google Street View Can Say About the Quality of Life in Your Neighborhood

What Is the Common Good?

What Was Humanity’s First Cultural Revolution?

What’s Behind Right-Wing Attacks on Schools for ‘Teaching Critical Race Theory’

What’s So Green About Burning Trees? The False Promise of Biomass Energy

Where Did Vladimir Putin’s Dream Of a ‘Russian World’ Come From?

Where Do Living Creatures Get Their Sense of Rhythm?

Whole Foods, Tyson Foods, and McDonald’s Are Fueling the Massive Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence of a Ruling Class for the Indus Civilization?

Why Are Wild Horses Brutally Uprooted From Public Lands While Private Livestock Can Stay?

Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now

Why COVID-19 Proved Children Need Physical Schools, Not Virtual Education

Why Capitalism Is in Constant Conflict With Democracy

Why Charter Schools Open Where They Do—And Why That’s a Problem

Why Chickens Deserve Our Respect

Why Culture Is Not the Only Tool for Defining Homo sapiens in Relation to Other Hominins

Why Does Everything the GOP Touches Cause Poverty, Disease and Death?

Why Does Our Skin Wrinkle in Water?

Why Ecosystems Need Healthy Populations of Apex Predators to Be Restored

Why Healthy Forests Mean Fewer Pandemics

Why Humanity Should Look to Its Roots as We Revillage Our Towns and Cities

Why Las Vegas Is at the Heart of Western States’ Water Conundrums

Why Recycling Plastic Is Not Easy

Why Small Farming Is Essential for Creating a Sustainable Future

Why Support for Artists Is Key to a Just Society

Why There Is a Growing Student Absentee Rate—and How Community Schools Can Fix It

Why We Should Change How We Talk About Nonhuman Animals

Why Women Are More Likely to Be Environmentalists Than Men

Why Yoga Teachers Say the Practice Is Essential for Challenging Times

Why the Neoliberal Agenda Is a Failure at Fighting Coronavirus

Why the U.S. Culture of Colonial Extraction Is Making People Sick and Destroying the Planet

Why the World’s Most Popular Herbicide Is a Public Health Hazard

Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People—They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity

Would Dogs Be Better Off Without Us?

Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago: The UAE’s Occupation and Destruction of a World Heritage Site

You’re Not So Different From an Octopus: Rethinking Our Relationship to Animals

‘Economic Policy’ Is a Propaganda Facade to Extract Wealth From the People

‘POOR Magazine’ Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement

‘Public Trust’—A Key Legal Tool for People to Protect the Planet

‘Sacrifice Zones’: The New ‘Jim Crow’ That’s Sickening and Killing People of Color

William Wells Brown

Alessandra Korap Munduruku

Alexander Zaitchik

Andrew deCoriolis

Ann Leslie Davis

Leslie Crawford

Brenna R. Hassett

Brittany Michelson

David M. Carballo

Daniel Klem Jr.

Duncan A. Buell

Elizabeth Henderson

Emma Rae Lierley

Freddie Clayton

Frederick Douglass

Carrie P. Freeman

Gary M. Feinman

Irikefe V. Dafe

Jenipher Changwanda

Jennifer Barckley

Joanna Grossman

Katherine Dolan

Katrina Fischer Kuh

Laura Lee Cascada

Laurel Sutherlin

Leslie Alan Horvitz

Linda M. Nicholas

Lucy Goodchild van Hilten

Matthew Ponsford

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner

Mikhala Kaseweter

Richard Heinberg

Steven Rosenfeld

Thomas J. Barfield

Richard D. Wolff

American Rivers

Animal Equality

Better Food Foundation

Democracy at Work

Dogwood Alliance

Earth • Food • Life

Economy for All Project

Factory Farming Awareness Coalition

Fair Start Movement

Global Justice Ecology Project

The Humane League

In Defense of Animals

Independent Media Institute

International Rivers

Lady Freethinker

Local Peace Economy Project

Plant Based Data

Plant Based Treaty

Post Carbon Institute

Rainforest Action Network

Stone Pier Press

United Poultry Concerns

Voting Booth Project

Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture

Guide to Conscious Consumption

Guide to Environmental Health

Guide to Human Bridges

Guide to Local Peace Economy

Guide to Renewable Energy

Guide to the Hidden History of Debt

Guide to the Plastic Crisis

Guide to the Regenerative, Moneyless Economy

Arts and Recreation

Banking and Finance

Charter Schools

Local Peace Economy

Peoples Movements

Philosophy and Psychology

Right-Wing Politics

Voting and Elections

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