Social Justice | The Left Chapter 2/2

Michael Laxer

Sep 156 min read

Recycling the Discarded

Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work. Image via video screenshot By Damon...

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How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza

Michael Laxer

Sep 94 min read

How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza

Protest against the Israeli war on Gaza outside the New York Times building, November, 2023 -- image via X By Norman Solomon As the Gaza...

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Michael Laxer

Aug 176 min read

Home Improvement

The North Missoula Community Development Corporation brings permanent affordable housing to Montana. Image via the North Missoula...

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Michael Laxer

Aug 48 min read

Trump’s Battle for U.S. Sports

Donald Trump’s targeting of established sports leagues and promotion of alternatives have partly reshaped the American sports landscape....

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Michael Laxer

Aug 36 min read

Community in Motion

Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling. Vegasjon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4....

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Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz, and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation

Michael Laxer

May 209 min read

Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz, and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation

Despite corporate commitments, deforestation rates remain high, and community land conflicts continue. Activists protest P&G's role in...

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Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis

Michael Laxer

Apr 2810 min read

Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis

Commercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation. By Laurel Sutherlin...

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Telling the ‘Untold’ Stories of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, and Hopes—in Gaza and Beyond

Michael Laxer

Apr 1910 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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The Inspiring Movement to Build for Climate Resiliency

Michael Laxer

Feb 2812 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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How Three New Museums Are Teaching the World About a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Origins

Michael Laxer

Feb 1515 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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‘Practices for Care and Endurance’ Support Those Organizing for Ceasefire in Gaza

Michael Laxer

Dec 9, 20236 min read

‘Practices for Care and Endurance’ Support Those Organizing for Ceasefire in Gaza

Amid genocidal violence and mass civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, well-known writers, artists, healers, and activists shared practices...

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POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement

Michael Laxer

Oct 28, 202320 min read

POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement

A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...

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Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home

Michael Laxer

Oct 6, 20236 min read

Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home

Palm oil is found in 50 percent of all consumer goods. And it’s killing the environment. By Reynard Loki “Oil palm is one of the...

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Billionaires Envision a New Utopian City -- to Replace What They Ruined

Michael Laxer

Sep 5, 20235 min read

Billionaires Envision a New Utopian City -- to Replace What They Ruined

Silicon Valley’s wealthy elites have been secretly buying up land in one of California’s poorest counties to build a new city from the...

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Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People -- They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity

Michael Laxer

Aug 30, 20236 min read

Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People -- They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity

Cataclysmic wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency due to climate change. The New York skyline as a result of the Canadian...

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