“Breaking Boundaries” is a new documentary on Netflix by David Attenborough. It’s based on research by Swedish scientist Johan Rockström, among others, into the state of the environment. This documentary is not an easy watch. But it is certainly worth it for those of...
Over 530 climate activists were arrested this past week when thousands of activists descended on Washington, D.C., to demand that the Biden administration protect indigenous communities and the environment. The protests began on October 11th, Indigenous People’s Day,...
On October 5, 1,400 Kellogg’s workers in cereal plants went on strike in Battle Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Omaha, Nebraska and Memphis, Tennessee. This is the first Kellogg’s cereal workers strike since 1972. It was called by the union (BCTGM Local 3G)...
On October 16th, 1859, John Brown and eighteen of his comrades raided the U.S. Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. Their aim was to spark a slave insurrection that would destroy the southern slave economy, or at the very least to accelerate the...
According to new research at least 85% of the global population is already confronted with the effects of climate change. “Climate change is visible and noticeable almost everywhere in the world,” says lead author of the recent study, Max Callaghan. In looking at...
