In “Silent Spring,” published 50 years ago, Rachel Carson warned about pesticides’ toll on nature.Credit…Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images “The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.” ― Rachel Carson Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April… Continue reading
PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS The White House February 6, 2025 (whitehouse.gov) By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. It is the policy of the United States, and the… Continue reading
His Holiness Pope Francis | Countdown • October 2020 The global climate crisis will require us to transform the way we act, says His Holiness Pope Francis. Delivering a visionary TED Talk from Vatican City, the spiritual leader proposes three courses of action to address the world’s growing environmental problems and… Continue reading
Andry Jose Hernández Romero is a make-up artist from Capacho in Venezuela, famed for its epiphany celebrations. Photo: Wilinton Barco/Reuters The San Francisco Pride organization is defending its decision not to recognize a gay deported migrant as an honorary grand marshal in this year’s parade. Instead, the organization will make… Continue reading
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2025. (Photo: Shawn Thew/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) “Corporations facing federal lawsuits and investigations aren’t giving millions to Trump’s inauguration out of the kindness… Continue reading
Nickelsberg will do a Q&A on his new book, ‘Legacy of Lies: El Salvador 1981–1984,’ at City College on April 24 by GUSTAVO HERNANDEZ April 21, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Help us reach 5,000 donors! We have an ambitious goal for 2025: Double the total number of donors from last year to over 5,000! We… Continue reading
Pope Francis delivered a Sunday Angelus blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square on January 12, 2025 in Vatican City. (Photo: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images) “Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care… Continue reading
Yemenis assess the damage caused by a U.S. airstrike on market in Sanaa on April 21, 2025. (Photo: Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images) Strikes include Monday morning market bombing that killed at least 12 people and a Thursday attack on an oil port that left 80 dead. BRETT WILKINS Apr 21,… Continue reading
Sauter, Sherrill try to kill a measure that would give a bit of hope to some of the city’s most vulnerable residents By TIM REDMOND APRIL 19, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) Two of the board’s most conservative supervisors, who call themselves ‘moderates,’ Thursday attempted to kill a measure that would have called… Continue reading
