Jonah Baskin
Joining the Poor People's Campaign to Fight Ecological Devastation
This week's theme for the Poor People's Campaign is "The Right to Health and a Healthy Planet: Ecological Devastation and Health Care." While healthcare, the environment, and poverty might at first seem like a disparate set of themes, the three are
We Are Still In
On December 12, 2015, the world came together to adopt the Paris Accord. The global community declared its intention to limit the warming of our planet to well below two degrees centigrade and pursue efforts to remain at or below one and a half degrees of
This Earth Day, support policies that will protect our natural resources for generations to come
In January of 1969, Santa Barbara, California experienced an oil spill which devastated the local ecology -- but agitated and mobilized local activists. This group would go on to create the first Earth Day and push the passage of some of the foundational
Tu Bi'Shvat: Policy for Our Planet
The night of January 30 and day of January 31 mark the 15th of the Hebrew month of Sh’vat, or Tu BiSh'vat. The holiday started as a tax holiday, and was mentioned in the Mishnah as the “birthday for the trees.” It acted as the marker for when a tree became a
National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Civil rights in the workplace
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and an important time to reflect on the barriers people with disabilities face when trying to find employment. We know the problem is severe: 27.7 percent of people with a disability between the ages
