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Growing Cities: An Urban Farming Road Trip
Good food isn’t the only crop that city farmers across the country are growing, according to filmmakers Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette. Urban gardens grow stronger, more vibrant communities, …
Epistle to the Ecotopians
[This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death.] To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of a future …
The People’s Bishop
Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard is detained by police after Occupy Wall Street protesters attempted to use a lot owned by Trinity Church as a camp site, in New …
Fighting for the Future: Interview With Youth Climate Movement Leader Alec Loorz
Alec Loorz. (Photo courtesy of Kids vs. Global Warming)Alec Loorz is a 17-year-old high school student in Ventura, California, who believes his generation is poised to inherit a world …
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After Earth Day, Active Hope
With its numbered teachings, Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy (2012), a new book by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, pays tribute to …
Sex, Drugs and the Rocky Road of HPV Vaccination
As a sexual health researcher, I have followed the saga of HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination since the early 2000s. In the past few weeks, three news stories recently caught …
US-Afghan Pact Won’t End War – or Special Operations Forces Night Raids
President Barack Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House on his way to the Oval Office, May 3, 2012. (Photo: Lawrence Jackson / White House)Washington - The …
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New Police Strategy in New York – Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protesters
A few weeks ago I was with a few companions from Occupy Wall Street in Union Square when an old friend — I’ll call her Eileen — passed through, …
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US and China Reach Deal for Chen Guangcheng to Study Abroad
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, second from left, with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, second from right, and U.S. Ambassador to China …
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Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster Than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the US
The radioactive inventory of all the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools at Fukushima is far greater and even more problematic than the molten cores. In the …