Articles by Grist staff

What the Left Hand’s Doing

A conversation with Rabbi Michael Lerner on spirituality and environmentalism As long as the environmental movement neglects the spiritual realm, says longtime activist Rabbi Michael Lerner, it’s going to keep losing. It’s got to go deeper, to offer a more meaningful vision for why people should reorient their lives in ways that are gentler on […]

The Native Movement director chats on Flashpoints radio

Evon Peter of Native Movement (and InterActivist) fame appeared (was heard?) yesterday on Flashpoints radio. During the 17-minute interview, Peter chats about the Senate vote to allow drilling in his native lands (also known as the Arctic Refuge) and an upcoming March for Human Rights and Sacred Sites on Saturday in Flagstaff, Ariz.

You can download the entire hour-long Flashpoints show here or just download Peter's portion here.

An interview with integration advocate Sheryll Cashin

It's been more than 50 years since the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was illegal, yet we still live in a country that's chock-full of racially split neighborhoods (see: New Orleans). Why is integration failing, how does it affect land use, and what do high-tech mapping gadgets have to do with it all? Jon Christensen interviews Georgetown law professor Sheryll Cashin to find out.

I Can Feel It Cleaning in the Air Tonight

Clean up air and death rate drops, study finds Ah, science. It never fails to dazzle and delight. Consider this wildly counterintuitive result: When air pollution falls in a city, fewer people in that city die. Jump back! In a new study, researchers tracked particulate pollution concentrations in six U.S. metropolitan areas from 1974 through […]