Michael LaxerApr 2810 minBanks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity CrisisCommercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation. By Laurel Sutherlin...
Michael LaxerApr 205 minUS Prison Calls Are Increasingly Free, but Prisoners Still Aren’tNew reforms have made it easier and cheaper to make calls to and from incarcerated people. But corporate profiteering will continue until...
Michael LaxerApr 1910 minTelling the ‘Untold’ Stories of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, and Hopes—in Gaza and BeyondThe media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and...
Michael LaxerFeb 1515 minHow Three New Museums Are Teaching the World About a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human OriginsNew findings and significant advances in research have scientists rethinking our origins, and museums around the world are working to...
Michael LaxerDec 9, 20236 min‘Practices for Care and Endurance’ Support Those Organizing for Ceasefire in GazaAmid genocidal violence and mass civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, well-known writers, artists, healers, and activists shared practices...
Michael LaxerOct 28, 202320 minPOOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a MovementA mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...