Activism

07 Aug 2019

Puerto Rico Breakdown in a Really Small Nutshell

In case you’ve been wondering what the hell is going on in Puerto Rico and are too afraid to ask for fear of seeming ignorant, we’ve got you covered. It’s okay. We’re bombarded without a lot of information every day, and it’s been a heavy couple of weeks — nobody

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07 Aug 2019

Boycott: Stephen Ross’s Trump Fundraiser Sparks SoulCycle, Equinox Backlash

What happens when a very rich developer who happens to act as chief executive officer for a very large fitness franchise decides to throw a fundraising party for Donald Trump’s re-election campaign? Shit gets boycotted – that’s what happens. It should come as no surprise to Stephen Ross that when

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06 Aug 2019

FREE School Supplies for Green Educators

Via – THE EAST BAY DEPOT FOR CREATIVE REUSE It’s that time of year again… It’s the Back to School Giveaway for Green Educators! August 3-11th our Green Educators can pick up 2 grocery bags full of materials & supplies for their classrooms FOR FREE! In addition to traditional teaching

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06 Aug 2019

It’s the Guns, Stupid. Not Violent Video Games or Mental Health

There have been more mass shootings in the USA, than days in 2019.  The most recent mass shootings in El Paso and Daton have politicians, again, struggling to find words to explain these tragedies.  They have even fewer words to explain what they are doing to stop it.  As of

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02 Aug 2019

Environmental Activist Refuses To Take Cold Shoulder From Athleta

You know when you were a kid and you’d stand there with the refrigerator open, gawking slack-jawed to see if any tasty snacks had appeared since five minutes ago when you did the same thing? Then your mom would yell at you for the tenth time already to close the

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02 Aug 2019

Activists Held a Block Party to Abolish ICE. The Cops Raided It.

The actions being perpetrated by ICE are unconscionable. The Trump Administration’s policies of “zero tolerance” and “family separation” are pure evil. How these people sleep at night is beyond my comprehension. I’m not the only one who feels that way. Hundreds of thousands of people across the country have protested

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01 Aug 2019

Europe Has Glow-in-the-Dark Bike Paths, Why Don’t We?

Parts of Europe have glowy bike paths.  In a town in Poland they glow because they have a material in them called ‘phosphor’ that absorbs sunlight during the day and emits that stored light at night.  According to the engineers who installed the lanes in Lidzbark Warmiński Poland, “The material

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30 Jul 2019

Kevin Durant & Apexer Remodel an SF Basketball Court

The Hayes Valley Playground got a fantastic facelift thanks to a parting donation from Kevin Durant and his KD Charity Foundation.  The playground got new hoops and backboards, the grounds were resurfaced, and perhaps the most striking improvement is that the whole court was turned into a giant mural by

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