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.
Whole Foods is back in the news. Recently, the beleaguered corporate pawn and shell of a once-awesome grocery retailer washed up on the shore of our newsfeeds with a couple reports worth noticing: a data breach and an allegedly wrongful termination.
After arresting dozens in St. Louis, police chanted Whose Streets? Our Streets! Police are supposed to serve the public, so who are the masters?
When incompetent and shady businesses leave customers over a barrel in order to make a profit or stifle competition, we lose, but who are the masters?
When the government can freely perform data searches on citizens but those seeking records via the Freedom of Information Act get sued, who are the masters?
A 2004 study shows that our food supply has become less nutritious over time. Why? There are a number of ideas, from breeding to soil to atmospheric carbon.
Arsenic, lead, fecal matter, benzene, household chemicals, mosquito spray, and who knows what else is contaminating the Houston floodwater and air.
Friday, Cassini died in a blaze of glory, leaving us a little more isolated in the universe. With no replacement (and science on the rocks), what’s next?
Hurricanes battering the coast. Wildfires raging out west. Stagnant wages. Political unrest. So many people with nothing left to lose. Change is coming.
Freedom has many meanings, but it may come down to a basic choice between Freedom To or Freedom From. In a pluralistic society, it’s hard to have both.
The social cost of freedom, according to economist Ronald Coase, is symmetrical. One man’s freedom is another’s burden. Law is one attempt at fairness.