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Author: Renee Shur

Renee Shur lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
food diversity

A German supermarket’s clever object lesson in diversity

September 1, 2017 Renee Shur Food, International One comment

Last week the German supermarket chain Edeka cooked up an unannounced demonstration of the diversity in the German food-supply chain by removing all products

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Humphrey

Gordon Humphrey: A lone voice in the Trump wilderness

August 23, 2017 Renee Shur Congress, Constitution, Trump One comment

Gordon Humphrey isn’t a household name. But perhaps he should be. Humphrey, formerly a conservative Republican senator from the Granite State who served for

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forest

Forest Trump: Where ignorance grows trees

August 6, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Environment Leave a comment

Congratulations. You’re a loyal soldier of the Trumpian resistance. You’ve gone to  demonstrations. You’ve hoisted your signs and signed the petitions. You’ve made countless

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hope

Upstate New Yorkers want to Keep Hope Alive

July 23, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Charity & Justice Leave a comment

The Keep Hope Alive Project, founded in 2016 in Hudson, New York, provides an outlet for those opposed to the divisiveness and rightward drift

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organic

What we’re eating: The Dirty Dozen vs. the Clean Fifteen

July 11, 2017 Renee Shur Environment, Food Leave a comment

Farmers’ market season is in full swing here in the Northeast. And for this devotee, the season of fresh local produce can never come

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The Global Gag Rule Is Back: The Human Cost

April 21, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Community/Common good, Foreign Policy, Gender issues, Health care, Human Rights, Population growth, Reproductive rights Leave a comment

Do you remember last year’s reports of undecided voters who vowed not to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election because they just couldn’t

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Groundswell Progressive

Are we in the midst of a progressive awakening?

April 18, 2017 Renee Shur 2016 Election, 2018 Election, Activism, Democracy, Politics Leave a comment

Are we in the midst of a progressive awakening? Are the marches, rallies, and town-hall meetings the beginnings of a committed and long-term movement?

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Climate Change Scientists

“A Message to Trump from Climate Scientists”

April 15, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Climate Change, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Trump Leave a comment

At the annual gathering of The American Geophysical Union in fall of 2016, more than twenty-three thousand earth and space scientists from around the

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Neet Neutrality Featured

Net Neutrality: Round Two

April 12, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Capitalism, Consumer issues, Corporations, Corruption, Democracy, Technology Leave a comment

It looks like Trump-appointee Ajit Pai over at the FCC is setting his sights on unraveling regulations that guarantee net neutrality. This radical change

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States pick up slack from Trump with populist legislation

April 9, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Consumer issues, Democracy, Federalism, Financial reform, States Leave a comment

Has Donald Trump made good on his campaign’s populist message? If you believe that populism means advocating for the interests of ordinary people over

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