Doctors, scientists, and indigenous elders have a common cause in speaking out about public health regarding Fukushima. Let’s face it. Capitalism, with all its merit, is lacking the ethical integrity required to responsibly handle technologies as potentially deadly as nuclear power. When you understand the facts, you will agree. Unfortunately, Read more…
It happens a few times each year in cultures around the world where people don colorful costumes and masks to take over the streets making a joyful noise. It is a symbolic inversion of societal norms and status where the average person can become a king, or a wealthy business Read more…
Rape and pillage have historic roots in warfare, yet the “culture” of domination is still with us today. For the first time in history we are seeing a global response to this social problem that is being led by women. Though rape is defined as sexual assault without consent, it Read more…
Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay and CEO of Honolulu Civic Beat, recently published a blog, WikiLeaks, Press Freedom and Free Expression in the Digital Age, which may be a beacon of light for those passionate about justice. The ideas are not new but the way he wraps them into a Read more…
The United States screening tour and global online launch of Velcrow Rippers’ most recent film, Occupy Love film has brought another wave of understanding and depth to the movement. Though the peaceful occupation at Zucotti Park has ended, The Occupy Love film documents how the seeds of The Occupy Movement Read more…
The State Department, still with “egg on its face” from its statement that Keystone XL would have little impact on climate change, sunk a little lower today as the most respected elders, and chiefs of 10 sovereign nations turned their backs on State Department representatives and walked out during a Read more…
Arizona is a state with a strong and diverse Latino community and an Indian population with a history that goes back over a thousand years. Along the East Coast of the United States, the newcomers from Europe arrived from the east in the early 1600s. In The Southwest, Marcos deNiza Read more…
You may have noticed that blog posts have become less frequent on the site lately. This is due to the fact that Jacob Devaney is now a contributing blogger to Huffington Post. Since HP receives much more traffic than this website, we have focused our outreach on these blogposts which Read more…
“Water sustains all life. Her songs begin in the tiniest of raindrops, transform to flowing rivers, travel to majestic oceans and thundering clouds and back to earth again. When water is threatened, all living things are threatened.”-Indigenous Declaration on Water, July 8, 2001 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill — it’s two Read more…
Advertising is used everywhere, on billboards and posters cluttering our visual landscape with messages to buy this or that. What if public space was used to convey an idea instead of a brand? What if advertising was used to inspire thought instead of encourage mindless consumption? For many years I Read more…