Renee Shur, Author at Occasional Planet

Earth Hour 2020 has special meaning as we face the COVID-19 pandemic

On March 28, 2020, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, millions of people across the globe will be switching off their lights for one hour

As Democrats across the country anxiously awaited the results of Nevada’s 2020 primary, I ventured out on a warm Saturday in Upstate New York

On March 1, 2020, New York State’s Bag Waste Reduction Law will go into effect. As of that date, all businesses collecting sales tax

In the tiny village in New York’s Hudson Valley where I reside, there are 1,135 people. The Village of Kinderhook is just one municipality

Tired of screaming at the TV screen? Looking for a way to channel that anger as you watch the daily degradation of our democratic

Here’s a riddle. How many economists does it take to sound the alarm on the need for immediate action to address global climate change?

America’s infrastructure is a mess. Whether you live in a city, a suburb, a small town, a village, or a rural area, you don’t

One day before the impeachment of Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives, it became apparent that this decidedly strange time in America’s

With the release of a public letter explaining their reasons for supporting the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, more than 750 American historians are

Entering the contemporary art space located just a few minutes’ walk from my home in the Hudson Valley last fall, I had no idea