Stephen Richer continues his search for great protest songs — this time from his native country.
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Turning Eco-Anxiety on Its Head
How activists need to run their own personal sustainability program. By Madighan Ryan.

What we're following . . .
Developing stories that navigate the edge.


Trickster, Scavenger, Discoverer of light
A long poem sequence about forms of resistance, survival, and the common raven. By Kim Trainor.

The Protest Legacy of African American Spirituals, Part 2
. . . and its incalculable effect on the civil rights movement and on the development of blues, jazz and rap. By Stephen Richer.

Letter from the Borderlands in Exile
"Back the bags, we have to leave." On re-inventing life away from home. By Luis Horacio Nájera.

The Protest Legacy of African American Spirituals, Part 1
The codes embedded in spirituals that helped propel the underground railroad. By Stephen Richer.

Life is an Outlaw: A Biologist Challenges the Central Doctrine
A biologist's lament for a fundamental principle of biology. Ignacio Chapela interviewed by Whitney Smith and Chris Lowry.


Ten Songs That Made a Difference
On how a few powerful songs made personal and collective change very hard to resist. By Stephen Richer.

A Cinematic Anthem for Troubled Times
Getting aware and getting ready . . . a homily in the modern mode. A film by Amanda Zackem with Chris Hedges.
