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What COVID and Climate Share
Even at a glance, their resemblance is unmistakable—in the science they require, in the disruption they threaten, in the borders they mock, in the racial and economic distribution of their burdens. And to those willing to look closer, climate change and SARS-CoV-2 reveal yet more alarming structural and ecological similarities.

Citizens United: A Ruling Made to be Broken
The overwhelming presence of dark money and massive contributions by corporations and the wealthy in modern electoral politics dilutes the influence of the masses and magnifies the influence of the few.

To Recede a Frontier
I was no longer in the cure-finding business but instead hard at work figuring out how to live a fulfilled life under altered circumstances. For those who have never made this transition: it is a forceful, sometimes internally violent, act of re-definition.

How Iconization Reduces a Movement Into a Moment
Confining the extensive Civil Rights Movement to a single decade and to the adapted legends of two individuals creates a misleading narrative that remains rooted in the South, focused on non-economic issues, and as one that does not address institutional racism.

What Georgia’s Historic Voter Turnout Reveals About Enacting Change on the Local Level
Georgia turned blue for the first time since 1992, and we have one group to thank: Black women and grassroots activists whose advocacy has proven the efficacy of working towards progress on the local level.

Following Capitol Insurrection, Debate Looms Over Section 230
Politicians in both parties appear ready to address the monopolistic tendencies emerging among some internet companies, including Google, Facebook, and Amazon. The question that remains is their motivations.

Where Does QAnon Go From Here?
In 2017, before Greene’s Congressional run, she posted a video summarizing the QAnon theory and asserting, “there’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles out, and I think we have the president to do it.”

“A Big Part of Recovery Is Dealing with Change”: Lockdowns, Telehealth, and Rehab
“Suddenly people don’t have access to treatment right down the street or a phone call away. They have to find someone else.”