Our Gorgeous President-Elect
I would like to congratulate the United States for finally making a sane fucking decision in creating a landslide victory for Barack Obama. Showing the highest voter turnout since the early 1960s, this...
View ArticleA Visionary is Beaten—Temporarily
Van Jones, one of my role models and strong promoter of environmental justice, has just resigned from his position of Green Jobs Advisor to President Barack Obama, due to incessant bullying by Glenn...
View ArticleA betrayal of hope
Van Jones has not resigned in disgrace. He has returned to the same civil society where he started such effective groups as Green for All and Color of Change. Van is one of us again. Let us stand with...
View ArticleBreeding cats and humans
I will never understand the concept of breeding animals. It reeks of racism, elitism, and aristocracy to me. I think that any time you talk about animals, you should always consider what it would sound...
View ArticleThe mutilation of Dr. King
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was primarily about peace and racial equality. He wished to see an end to segregation, and was satisfied with the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement. Economics was...
View ArticlePopulationism rears its ugly head again
As I have said before: No. There is no overpopulation problem. There’s an over-consumption problem, a racism problem, a blaming-the-poor problem. What countries are responsible for the most...
View ArticleThe complexities of privilege and language
There has always been a bit of a stir about the idea of privilege. People do not like to acknowledge when they have it. Perhaps it’s because then they have to admit that they don’t deserve it anymore...
View ArticleWhy can’t we all just get along?
My response to my friend on Facebook’s post: Do you avoid walking down the street at night for fear of being raped? Do you see pictures of people of the beauty ideal of your gender plastered on...
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