Lightning Strikes Spark Climate Crisis Wildfires
Dry lightning strikes in June might be “climatologically rare” now. But thanks to human-induced global warming, they will soon be utterly logical.
Terror and Terraformation
Africa Is A Victim In Our Quest For Oil
The ecological impact has been felt in the Niger Delta, which is the oil-producing region. According to the World Wildlife Fund, it is one of the most polluted places on the face of the Earth.
Don’t Be Evil To The Environment, Google
To mangle the cliche, the evil is in the details.
The Inevitability of Famine
Food has stopped being our other energy problem and become a chief terror of the future.
Climate Destruction Will Produce Millions of Envirogees
Immigration is about to enter a new phase, which resembles an old one with a 21st century twist.
Who Is Illegal? The Politics of Immigration
We are, all of us, a nation of immigrants, occupying lands that once belonged to someone else
Ring the Alarm: An Interview With REM’s Michael Stipe
“I think we can turn this around, but we can’t wait. We need the attention of everyone immediately.”
Prescription Drugs, Not Illegal Ones, Killed Heath Ledger
What’s in a name, you ask? Oblivion. Wait until you hear the numbers.
Young People For Political Fellowship
Young People For’s fellows work for change from the bottom up. Get the lowdown on this generation’s budding grassroots leaders.
A Sorry Spectacle: Comics Journo Joe Sacco On Palestine, Israel, Bush
“ I studied journalism. I use comics to pursue journalistic ends, but at the end of the day, I’m a cartoonist.”
Desalination: Drinking Our Oceans
“I fear that the global water crisis will destroy all life on earth if we do not deal with it soon,” she confessed.
Body Language: An Interview With David Cronenberg
“body horror was not my term. It was a term someone used to describe what I was doing, so it is not a category in my head that I use to make films.”
Who Owns Whom? Social Media’s Corporate Roots
Politicians are invading online space like never before in hopes of reaching a new generation of voters. But who really gains from interactive democracy
Drifting Into Dystopia: An Interview with Dahr Jamail
It does not appear as though the U.S. has any intention of leaving until all of the oil in Iraq is gone.
Tomorrow’s Science Today
From wireless power to nanosuits that can turn anyone into Spidey and perhaps even to mobile solar, we’re on the cusp of massive scientific breakthroughs all over the place.
Exponology: Hope For The Best, Prepare For The Worst
They were giving an ETA of around 2100 for the worst of global warming. That deadline has now been upgraded to, well, how does tomorrow work for you?
Know Your Judges!
Who gets to judge you and the law? If you don’t know–read this
Pot Growers Are New Target in War on Terror
Illegal activity? Fine. Terrorism? Are you high?
Give Peace a Price Tag
Money may not be ably to buy you love, but evidently it can buy you peace.
Colony Collapse: Bee Die-Offs Will End Our Food System As We Know It
What is so serious is not only that the bees themselves are dying off without a smoking gun present, but that most people have no idea of the role they play in the food supply at large.
Nueva Democracia! La Raza’s Political Rise
Young progressive Latinos are now finding strength within the halls of government and the streets of their communities. What’s coming next for the new generation of Latino progressives?
Earth’s Altered States
Our reliance upon fossil fuels could spell the end of our species as a whole if we don’t get our shit together.
Jeff Chang: Hip Hop Chaos In Context
authenticity, identity and expression are tackled with ease in Chang’s latest effort Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop
El-P: A Scanner, Darkly
“I’m fucking angry and upset right now, and I’m also scared and trying to come to grips with balancing this incredible fatalism and the fact that I am still alive.”
Exponology: Shit Happens. Fast.
We’ve all seen the shirt and the bumper sticker. Shit happens. Exponology is here to extend that reality. Shit happens fast. Real fast. In the first piece on my formative […]