'Don’t confuse what goes on in this building with democracy.' So much happening in national climate news my goodness but today I’m actually going to talk about something happening here in Massachusetts—an effort to fix the lack of transparency in the State House. In part
'I often wonder whether, a few years from now, we will really be able to remember what it was like these past four years' On Wednesday, at the end of a very full to do list, because sometimes when working in media the moments when you could really
'Evil must be attacked by a counteracting persistence, by the day-to-day assault of the battering rams of justice' There’s this thing that probably always happens during big societal shifts, where for fleeting moments, the bulk of the public seems to share this remarkable clarity that something has
Wednesday was not a blip or a culmination or a last gasp of Trumpism There is much to be said about Wednesday, not the least of which involves what we should even call it. An insurrection, a coup, an attack, a violent mob, a failed assassination attempt, this last one
A bunch of things I loved in 2020 OK that is that for 2020. I am normally not one for blaming a number in the Gregorian calendar for our hardships, because remember when everyone was like ah fuck you 2016 worst year ever how dare you rob us of David
When a point in the distance becomes the entire space in which you exist, in all of its complexity For as long as I can remember, the discussion around climate change has been constructed out of a series of strict binaries. The biggest one being—is it happening or is
The second annual Crisis Palace feel good guide to year end giving This week I have been thinking a lot about philanthropy because as the year winds to a close we are doing some 2021 planning for Inside Philanthropy, the site where I am currently an editor. I’ve been
I would like to see the baby I am wiped out at the end of a long week, but one of the things I’ve been focusing on that I thought I could talk about here today was this panel that I moderated yesterday for the UNFCCC secretariat, which is
So the last will be first, and the first will be last Today I want to talk about the Bible, and I imagine some of you will be like, ah finally I love the Bible and some of you might be like ah I don’t know about this. Either
Don't miscast the role of activists as a source of power to influence elections instead of in the pursuit of ideals Talk began almost immediately after election night about the fate of the Democratic Party and to what extent it was a success or a failure, and who
'Finding ourselves here, witnesses to each other’s tenderness, which, this moment, is fury' Well it has been quite an exhausting week or month or insert period of time here. It is looking increasingly certain that Joe Biden will be the next president and 45 is on his
The Uninhabitable Beach House Mitch goes for a swim, from The Beach House (2019). Welcome to the second annual Haunted Palace, the spooktacular Halloween edition of this newsletter, which should give you a good scare. You can read last year’s edition here. Also, there will be spoilers for the