TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Class distinction comes in just about any size, shape and color imaginable. Sometimes status division is blatant and glaringly unjust, while in other instances has been subtle and even devious. No matter what form it takes, social stratification has always been part of the human experience – and today is no different. In the US Read More…
It is the hottest story in 2016 so far: hundreds of people have been poisoned for as long as a year and a half by a neurotoxin released in large quantities directly into their water supplies. Cable news and papers across the country have covered the emergency with horrifying interviews, wild statistics and the repeated Read More…
“If this was true, it meant the ante was being upped drastically. When cops declare open season on journalists, when they feel free to declare any scene of unlawful protest a free fire zone, that will be a very ugly day – and not just for journalists.” – Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone, April 1971 The business Read More…
The Methane leak in Porter Ranch, California, which has been in the spotlight since late December, has now prompted a significant (although reluctant) admission of danger from the government. The Governor of California, Jerry Brown declared a “State of Emergency” over the situation, which involves thousands of pounds of high-powered greenhouse gas spewing into the Read More…
Another environmental catastrophe reared its ugly head last week. Families in California were encouraged to evacuate their homes, take up residence in motels, and even prompted to buy oxygen filtration systems because danger is quite literally, in the air of Aliso Canyon, California. The violent methane leak erupted in late October, and has been belching Read More…
At 7 AM on December 7th an industrious city over 20 million people, was brought to a grinding halt. For the first time ever, China’s capitol city, Beijing, was under “Red Alert” due to dangerously high levels of air pollution. The people had a mere 13 hours to prepare for this massive shutdown, and it Read More…