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Michael Laxer
Aug 3, 20245 min read
The Undemocratic Reality of Capitalism
Composite By Richard D. Wolff Fans of capitalism like to say it is democratic or that it supports democracy. Some have stretched language...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 18, 20246 min read
Facing a Surge in Wildfires, the U.S. Government Turned to Native Wisdom and Advanced Archaeology
Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 11, 20249 min read
The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act Decision Threatens US Rivers
Leaving river protections to states doesn’t make sense when rivers cross state lines. Boats on the Yazoo River, Mississippi - ...
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Michael Laxer
May 13, 20245 min read
Weight Loss Drugs Go Hand-in-Hand With Junk Food Industry
Capitalism has built systems of inequality in food, health, and wealth and convinced us that the cause is individual failure, not...
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Michael Laxer
May 3, 20245 min read
Student Demands for Divestment Are Not New
There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and...
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Michael Laxer
May 3, 20246 min read
Seeing Red: Our Ancient Relationship With Ocher and the Color of Cognition
Extensive ocher use reflects the culture and cognitive abilities of early humans, who inherited an affinity for red from primate...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 20, 20245 min read
US Prison Calls Are Increasingly Free, but Prisoners Still Aren’t
New reforms have made it easier and cheaper to make calls to and from incarcerated people. But corporate profiteering will continue until...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 202410 min read
Telling the ‘Untold’ Stories of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, and Hopes—in Gaza and Beyond
The media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 30, 20245 min read
Corporate Profiteering Destroyed the Baltimore Bridge
The price of corporate compromising on safety is usually paid with taxpayer dollars and immigrant worker lives. Image via screenshot By...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 23, 20245 min read
Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car
The U.S. is aggressively keeping cheap Chinese-made EVs off the market. We are all paying the price for this protectionism. BYD Seagull...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 22, 20247 min read
Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. By Richard Heinberg Those advocating for artificial...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 20, 20245 min read
Lessons From Legalization: The Problem Isn’t Cannabis, It’s Capitalism
There has been a sea change in attitudes and laws on marijuana, which ought to have helped ease racial inequities. But without concerted...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 16, 202411 min read
We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy
Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan could make a difference between catastrophe and progress. Dillon Wind Power...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 9, 20247 min read
The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time
An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 6, 20245 min read
Empire Decline and Costly Delusions
President of Russia Vladimir Putin and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping, March 2023 -- Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 28, 202412 min read
The Inspiring Movement to Build for Climate Resiliency
Architects and everyday people are teaching each other to build spaces for community and climate resilience using local, natural...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 24, 20245 min read
Countering Corporate Propaganda
We are steeped in the cultural glorification of capitalist exploitation. What if we rejected economic individualism and instead embraced...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 20248 min read
Why Ecosystems Need Healthy Populations of Apex Predators to Be Restored
Wolves benefit the entire ecosystem they inhabit. So why hunt them? A pack of grey wolves after a successful hunt near La Ronge, just...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 17, 20246 min read
Why Won’t Biden Wave the Magic Wand in His Hand to Stop Israel?
If stopping genocide is not a good enough reason for Biden to rein in Israel’s blood thirst, is losing the 2024 election a risk he’s...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 15, 202415 min read
How Three New Museums Are Teaching the World About a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Origins
New findings and significant advances in research have scientists rethinking our origins, and museums around the world are working to...
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