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
Author: Renee Shur
Renee Shur lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Lincoln Project: “We are Republicans, and we want Trump defeated”
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
750 historians say Trump should be impeached
With the release of a public letter explaining their reasons for supporting the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, more than 750 American historians are
A powerful art exhibit, a death in Texas
Entering the contemporary art space located just a few minutes’ walk from my home in the Hudson Valley last fall, I had no idea
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.