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One last wake-up call?
This super hot summer in the northern hemisphere is one of the last wake-up calls we are likely to get. Systemic change is inevitable. Will we influence…
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Elizabeth Fountain
Twenty-two years in a post 9/11 world
We owe one another our best efforts for inclusion, safety, justice, and peace. Nothing more important is called of us, and nothing less will do.
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Elizabeth Fountain
For our teachers
For our teachers, and our kids, we continue the work of making love and justice visible and accessible to all.
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Elizabeth Fountain
August 2023
Courage and the common good
No one on the debate stage who raised a hand in support of the former president, even if convicted, can be considered worthy of protecting and defending…
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Elizabeth Fountain
Fires and hurricanes: the climate emergency is here and now.
There is no need to argue the facts, and no need to feel helpless. We can, and must, be the generations that insists on nothing less than climate…
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Elizabeth Fountain
The August bounty
The neighborhood farmers' market is too often an icon of privilege, rather than a way to nourish and nurture all communities.
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Elizabeth Fountain
The heart of democracy
The heart of democracy is the notion that a government is accountable to those it governs.
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Elizabeth Fountain
July 2023
Renting garbage
We buy disposable (by design) or temporarily trendy items, use them once or for a week or maybe a couple of months, and then toss them in the trash…
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Elizabeth Fountain
Out in the open
The ex-president's plan to turn a potential second term into an unprecedented, terrifying consolidation and expansion of executive power is no secret…
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Elizabeth Fountain
Equality and accountability
Equality before the law relies on applying accountability fully and fairly, despite attempts to gaslight us into believing otherwise.
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Elizabeth Fountain
Is this our time?
Our choices in this moment can make, find, lose, or squander time.
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Elizabeth Fountain
Celebrating (and working for) independence
Let’s celebrate independence this week by doubling down on our commitment to making the promises of this country’s founding true and applicable to all.
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Elizabeth Fountain
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