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Michael Laxer
2 days ago5 min read
This Clinic in Chicago Offers Free Legal Aid to Solidarity Economy Groups
The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois. The University of Illinois...
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Michael Laxer
7 days ago24 min read
Why We Evolved to Dream at Night and What Dreams Mean
We forget most of our dreams. So why do we have them? By Leslie Alan Horvitz No one knows why we dream. It stands to reason that dreams...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 245 min read
We Have Entered the Era of ‘Global Boiling’—Marine Wildlife, Ecosystems, and Economies Are Being Devastated
Marine heat waves are causing record-breaking ocean temperatures that kill animals and impact ocean-based industries. Henrik Dreisler, CC...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 245 min read
Our Ability to Think in Terms of Numbers Is Universal, Abstract, and Independent From Language
Frederick L. Coolidge explains the link between numerosity and language. morebyless, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Marjorie Hecht...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 236 min read
Abolish Climate Disasters
We need to apply an abolitionist framework to climate change, pouring money into a safe and resilient climate and out of the oil-based...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 156 min read
The Possibility of a War Against Iran
Public domain image By Vijay Prashad In early January, most of the major military forces of Iran participated in a large military exercise...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 64 min read
How a Community Collaborative in Arkansas Is Pioneering Solutions to Long-Standing Social Problems
Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” Brandonrush, CC...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 36 min read
The Banana Road From South America to China
Representational image. By Vijay Prashad In November, Álvaro Noboa, the father of Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa, had a heart attack....
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Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 202411 min read
How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 8, 202410 min read
The Commercial Fishing Industry Is Destroying Vital Marine Ecosystems
Fish are sentient beings subjected to cruelty to maximize profits for the multibillion-dollar industry. By Vicky Bond The unsustainable...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20246 min read
Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration
The “migrant crisis” was manufactured and is the fault of both Trump and Biden. We need to understand that the U.S. needs immigrants more...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20246 min read
The Carbon Soil Opportunity: Organic Farming Helps Counter Climate Change
Switching to organic products is an easy way to eat healthier and support the environment. Elina Mark, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20246 min read
Why Do the Israelis Bomb Palestinian Homes in the Middle of the Night?
By Vijay Prashad At 10 p.m. on the night of October 28, 2024, the Israeli air force struck a five-story building in Beit Lahiya, in the...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20245 min read
Peru’s Choices Between a New Deep-Water Port and Used Metro Cars
Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with president Dina Boluarte Zegarra of Peru, Friday, November 15, 2024, during the APEC...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 18, 20244 min read
This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police
The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration. By Damon Orion Often...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 8, 20245 min read
How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. Haywood County North Carolina after...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 7, 20244 min read
Community Support Helps the Olympia, Washington Orca Book Cooperative Stay Afloat
When COVID-19 hit, U.S. bookshops were an endangered species. Olympia, Washington’s largest independent bookstore survived by embracing...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 1, 20244 min read
Montana’s First Worker Cooperative Is In It for the Long Haul
How the custom steel fabrication and design company Crucible built a “gravel road” for other Montana worker co-ops to follow. Photo of...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 31, 202414 min read
The U.S. Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse
Our existing water supplies could go further by turning wastewater into drinking water. Lake Powell, a man-made reservoir on the Colorado...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 25, 202410 min read
Why Is Prehistory Inspiring So Many Artists?
What draws us to such a distant and long-gone time? A fruitful relationship has always existed between prehistory (a scientific...
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