Chalk, Vehicles, and the 4th Amendment
Chalk marks as parking enforcement, automobile passenger searches, and warrantless blood draws from unconscious people are among the Fourth Amendment issues in the news this week.
Dawn Allen
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.
School Lunches: What Should Kids Eat?
Unhealthy food aimed at children who then grow up to reject healthier options is a complex, systemic problem, and it’s both unfair to schools to expect them to fix it alone, and absolutely necessary that they try.
Natural Meat May Not Be What You Expect
Hormel’s antibiotic- and hormone-filled Natural Choice products are considered natural meat, but truly ethical meat has higher costs – and greater rewards.
Right Wing Pundits Mocking Their Base
Do Republicans realize that when they call working class Americans stupid and insult veterans that need care, they are mocking their base?
Energy Alchemy: Sustainable or Silly?
How long can we rely on energy-intensive industries to transform fuel into plastic and plastic into fuel, or to perform services that nature would willingly undertake for free if we’d just get out of the way?
Supply Side Advocates, Riddle Me This
Champions of supply side economics claim that manipulating the money supply to increase the available supply of goods and services creates opportunity and prosperity, but does it really work that way?
Dioxane Plume Spreading in Ann Arbor, MI
In Ann Arbor, MI, a dioxane plume from industrial groundwater contamination is flowing relentlessly towards the source of the city’s municipal water supply.
Lake Erie Bill of Rights Wins in Ohio
Toledo voters recently passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, providing strong protection and personhood status for the world’s 11th largest lake. Will it stand against legal challenges from farmers resistant to change?
Too Much Stuff
After nearly a century of industrial consumerist culture, we have too much stuff. As we start to unpack and purge, let’s find a different way to live.
Debt Jubilee: Time for a Clean Slate?
American household debt is at its highest point since 2008 and people are starting to miss auto loan payments. Can the ancient tradition of the debt jubilee help us mitigate some of the worst effects of modern capitalism?