Entering the contemporary art space located just a few minutes’ walk from my home in the Hudson Valley last fall, I had no idea
Author: Renee Shur
Renee Shur lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Alabama’s anti-abortion abomination
If you’re a woman and if your head is spinning following passage of the draconian abortion law in Alabama, rest assured that the dizzy
New York says no to Trump’s offshore drilling expansion
New York State has approximately 2,625 miles of coastline. There are, of course, a myriad of reasons for protecting the state’s coastline. Beyond the
I pledge allegiance to…Indivisible
With its call for the twenty-one (and counting) currently declared Democratic presidential candidates to sign onto the We Are Indivisible 2020 Candidate Pledge, once
US attempts to abort UN resolution on conflict-related sexual violence
Another day. Another outrage by the Trump administration. This time the outrage happened on the floor of the United Nations. While the attention of
16-year-old climate change activist says: “Time to panic”
In an emotional address to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on April 16, 2019, sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a
Abortion: as old as pregnancy itself
One of the most contentious and emotionally charged issues in American politics today is the issue of abortion and a woman’s right to choose.
Changing Pakistani women’s lives, one sip of tea, one bike ride at a time
Sadia Khatri is determined to change the lives of women and girls in Pakistan—one tea-sipping, snacking, strolling, bicycle-riding excursion at a time. The story
Arkansas legislators take a stand against “Stand Your Ground” bill
Last week the National Rifle Association suffered a resounding defeat in the State of Arkansas. I imagine that this week most Arkansans will be
Climate change endangers food favorites like beer, wine, apples, bananas, chocolate
For more than forty years, scientists and environmentalists have been sounding the alarm about climate change. In 1975 Dr. Wallace S. Broecker, who first