MARYELLEN MACDONALD – Scientists are uncovering how the hidden effort of talking affects everything from everyday conversations to spotting deception and fake news.
We can tell a different story about Hurricane Katrina and who we are in disasters
REBECCA SOLNIT – We want to give, to share, to connect, to relieve suffering, to liberate all beings; doing so gives us meaning, purpose, lets us be our largest, most heroic selves. We were made for this work, and when we do it we discover who we truly are.
Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo
MAANVI SINGH and WILL CRAFT – 44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US.
Claiming Hope in Times of Disorder and Despair
MARIE DENNIS – Our growing awareness of cosmic belonging and our embrace of nonviolence as the ethic that defines our relationships are transforming what it means to be human. They are enabling us, in this fragile, wounded world, to keep claiming hope. Even now. Especially now.
5,595+ Campaign Nonviolence Actions Challenge Violence Everywhere
RIVERA SUN – Violence may be everywhere … but nonviolence is, too. Campaign Nonviolence empowers tens of thousands of people each year to use nonviolent tools to construct nonviolent solutions in a world longing for change. “Means are ends in the making,” said Mahatma Gandhi. If we want a nonviolent world, we must build it through those means.
Nuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it
AMORY B. LOVINS – Nuclear generation is expensive and slow to develop. Claims that past failures won’t recur have convinced politicians to socialize investments rejected by private capital markets.