The true democracy . . . puts its faith in the people –faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent
Author: Renee Shur
Renee Shur lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Where’s Matt? Dancing with Steichen and Mead
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Blue-state secessionist
If you live in the Northeast as I do, have you looked at the projected 2012 electoral map lately? See that blue lake of
Going green: The choices aren’t always black and white
You launder your clothes in cold water. You load up the dishwasher to the hilt before running it. You compost, buy local and organic,
Avaaz: Global, progressive activism in your inbox
Do you suffer from progressive-cause fatigue? Does daybreak reveal an inbox bursting with entreaties from progressive politicians and causes pitching the cause-du-jour and pleading
Rick Santorum, contraception, and the ghost of Anthony Comstock
Listen up, ladies. Did you think your reproductive destiny was yours to decide? Think again, because it looks like we’re going to be refighting
Ultra-local food: the proximity principle
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Citizens United backlash creates surprising bedfellows and a reason for optimism
In this time of hyper-partisanship, blowback from the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in the Citizens United case is throwing some surprising bedfellows together from
Starving the infrastructure beast: Privatization vs. the American Jobs Act
With 13.1 million Americans waking up every morning with no job to go to, how should we make sense of the three-time Senate “no”
Ethical standards for infographics
Infographics. You may not know what to call them, but you’ve seen them. They’re those colorful visual representations of data, economic and demographic trends,