Social Justice

Michael Laxer

POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement

A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...

Michael Laxer

Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home

Palm oil is found in 50 percent of all consumer goods. And it’s killing the environment. By Reynard Loki “Oil palm is one of the...

Michael Laxer

Billionaires Envision a New Utopian City -- to Replace What They Ruined

Silicon Valley’s wealthy elites have been secretly buying up land in one of California’s poorest counties to build a new city from the...

Michael Laxer

Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People -- They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity

Cataclysmic wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency due to climate change. The New York skyline as a result of the Canadian...