Dawn Allen, Author at Legal Reader

Dawn Allen is a freelance writer and editor who is passionate about sustainability, political economy, gardening, traditional craftwork, and simple living. She and her husband are currently renovating a rural homestead in southeastern Michigan.

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There’s Something in the Water

March 26, 2018

In Texas, Michigan, Puerto Rico, and lakes and oceans around the world, there’s something in the water that shouldn’t be there and which isn’t good for us.

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The Rag and Bone Man

March 19, 2018

In the old days, the rag and bone man collected discards and closed the waste loop. Globalization helped kill him, but will isolationism bring him back?

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The Death of Science?

March 12, 2018

We stand at the crossroads. To one side lies the death of science as a cultural pillar. To the other lies science in the service of life. Choose wisely.

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Be Better Citizens

March 5, 2018

If you want a better nation, be better citizens. We can start by bringing honesty to conversations and challenging ourselves with uncomfortable viewpoints.

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EPA Head Scott Pruitt Is No Conservative

February 27, 2018

Lavish with our money, foolish with our resources, endangering our health, gambling with our future, leading us into chaos: Scott Pruitt is no conservative.

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The Red Queen and the Future of Hacking

February 26, 2018

The future of connected devices hangs in the balance, as researchers and hackers are locked in a Red Queen race for your data – and your peace of mind.

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America’s Big Government Harvest Box

February 20, 2018

The White House wants to cut SNAP benefits and fill the gap with an “America’s Harvest box,” filled with what the government wants poor folks to eat.

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Bend Over, Be Governed, and Like It!

February 19, 2018

The legislative landscape is changing, as the party that promised Freedom is now telling us to bend over, accept the erosion of our rights, and like it.

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Little Things Mean a Lot

February 14, 2018

Bacteria, atoms, fungal spores, yeast, seeds, gametes, the things you whisper to your sweetie… on Valentine’s Day, little things mean a lot.

A handwritten sign on ripped paper attached to a pole in Chicago reads "No War But Class War."

Criminalizing the Poor

February 12, 2018

Debtors’ prisons, tent cities evicted at gunpoint, while CEOs make 140x the median wage: we’re criminalizing the poor as we create them. Where will they go?

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