Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic Day After Tomorrow scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production.
Heather Rogers, author of Green Gone Wrong and Gwynne Dyer, author of Climate Wars joined us in the studio to discuss the risks and environmental policy needs to postpone the inevitable, bleak consequences of overconsumption. While plenty of people are making personal choices to ride their bikes or be vegetarians, these will barely help without structural policy changes to curb the behavior of the unconverted.
Over a year ago, our friends at the Applied Research Center and ColorLines investigated the impact of the recession on communities of color. Their report, "Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and how to Change the Rules" looked at the long-term racial inequalities that left people of color disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of the economic crisis. Now, a year later, Seth Freed Wessler revisits one of the women profiled in the original reporting to talk about how her home foreclosure continues to affect her.
Former BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back while he was handcuffed, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on July 8. Involuntary manslaughter, for a police officer killing an African-American man who was already in custody. Yet some were surprised that he was convicted of anything at all, given the history of police shootings of men of color.
Davey D is a journalist, radio host, and activist in Oakland, and he joined us as we awaited the verdict to give us some thoughts on justice for Oscar Grant.
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Climate Change, Foreclosure in Detroit, and Oscar Grant
Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic Day After Tomorrow scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production.
Heather Rogers, author of Green Gone Wrong and Gwynne Dyer, author of Climate Wars joined us in the studio to discuss the risks and environmental policy needs to postpone the inevitable, bleak consequences of overconsumption. While plenty of people are making personal choices to ride their bikes or be vegetarians, these will barely help without structural policy changes to curb the behavior of the unconverted.
Over a year ago, our friends at the Applied Research Center and ColorLines investigated the impact of the recession on communities of color. Their report, "Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and how to Change the Rules" looked at the long-term racial inequalities that left people of color disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of the economic crisis. Now, a year later, Seth Freed Wessler revisits one of the women profiled in the original reporting to talk about how her home foreclosure continues to affect her.
Former BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back while he was handcuffed, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on July 8. Involuntary manslaughter, for a police officer killing an African-American man who was already in custody. Yet some were surprised that he was convicted of anything at all, given the history of police shootings of men of color.
Davey D is a journalist, radio host, and activist in Oakland, and he joined us as we awaited the verdict to give us some thoughts on justice for Oscar Grant.
Article from GRITtv read more here