When the Chips are Down
Congress passed the bipartisan CHIPS Act, showing that both parties have less imagination than they have interest in subsidizing profitable companies.
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.
What Does Freedom Mean to You?
Freedom may seem like a simple thing to define, but it means different things to different people, and yours might be at odds with theirs.
Monticello, Myth, History & Fossil Fuels
A man walked into Monticello, and came out knowing what’s wrong with America – but not in the way he thought.
Like Mice in a Field, Fighting for Seeds
Like mice in a field, fighting over the last seeds, people will make a living even if doing so means continued pollution and failure to mitigate climate change.
Rural Texas DAs’ Big Prosecution Dreams
Legislation may be introduced allowing rural Texas DAs to prosecute people outside of their jurisdictions, greasing a slippery slope…
Colorado River States to Face Reckoning
Decades deep in megadrought and damaged by the climate crisis, seven states will soon be obligated to stop using an Arizona’s-worth of Colorado River water.
Building Dual Power For Local Resilience
When government and business both fail to provide what people need, it may be more effective to build dual power and help communities help themselves.
Tying it together: Saving the Future
Tying it together: consumption, population, ecological decline, the fossil fuel problem, climate change, hard solutions, and why we’re not going to fix it.
Alternative Families Have Pride Too
Alternative families are changing with the times, and the law needs to keep up.
What to Expect By the End of Summer
Heat, hurricanes, rolling blackouts, food shortages, high fuel costs, more COVID, political violence. By the end of summer, will people will take our dire situation more seriously?