Food justice and the food justice movement invoke in the popular imagination such concepts as fair trade, organic, and urban agriculture. The movement is sometimes perceived as a privileged environmental struggle. Yet food justice, as all of us who are passionate about it know, is inherently about social justice; this is inextricable from its ecological [...]
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The French Press’ Roast: Charlie Hebdo and the Threat of Free Speech
Beyond the slogans and catchy website phrases my friends at Our American Generation come up with, the goal of the organization remains clear: to provide a forum for youth empowerment and expression. Such liberties are privileges that our American generation (no pun intended) at times takes for granted, as seen through the relative inaction in [...]
Test Blasts on the Historical Landscape
Do you(th) know the most bombed country on earth? American adolescence and naïveté may tell you some poor Middle Eastern country takes the gong. American bravado and arrogance may lean you towards some small, far-off nation in “need” of American “assistance” and “liberation.”
Ramadan’s Apple Pie
Yesterday’s address by President Obama regarding the commencement of Ramadan served as a necessary break from the recent inflammatory polemics regarding the identity and motives of Norway’s terrorist attack. His words were sincere and encouraging as follows: “Times like this remind us of the lesson of all great faiths, including Islam – that we do [...]
Arizona, Migration, and Human Rights
The recently affirmed immigration law in Arizona, SB 1070, has aroused complaints amongst the American political-left who fear the law will lead to severe racial profiling. The left’s concern over the new law is palpable, and notably not limited to the radical left; the city council of Los Angeles voted 13-1 to suspend $8 million [...]
Environmental Justice Zine
Download the Zine February 2010 Research-Based Magazine by OAG Environmental Justice (EJ) regards the distribution of environmental problems in our communities with special attention paid to the role of race and class. For all the progress of industry, we have created pollution in our air, water, and soil, and this pollution is not spread fairly. [...]
Yakima County recieves $100,000 for Environmental Justice
Lisa Jackson just announced that the EPA would be dedicating a total of $1 million dollars for environmental justice efforts in “showcase communities” across the ten regional EPA offices. In this circumstance, showcase signifies the worst of the worst when it comes to EJ issues. The northwest, represented by EPA region 10 and a terrific [...]
