Glynn Wilson

The Tragedy of North Birmingham, Alabama

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By Max Blau – Graphics by Shane Loeffler – ProPublica By the spring of 2020, the century-old industrial plant on Birmingham’s 35th Avenue was literally falling apart. Chunks of the metal doors fronting several of the 1,800-degree ovens — which heat coal to produce a fuel called coke — had broken off and tumbled to…

President Biden Goes on the Offensive Against Violent Extremism

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Staff Report – PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Speaking in prime time outside Independence Hall where American democracy was forged, President Joe Biden went on the offensive Thursday night by issuing an unprecedented warning of a “clear and present danger to democracy,” declaring that our democratic values are under assault by forces of extremism loyal to “pseudo-fascist”…

Biden Administration Announces $65 Million Investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in Clean Water Projects, Roads and Trails

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Staff Report – The Biden administration announced more than $65 million in spending this week for the U.S. Forest Service to invest in projects nationwide to prepare for climate change by improving roads, trails, fish habitat and water quality. Made possible by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the first round of a $25.5 million…

What Humanity Needs: A Shared Narrative for the 21st Century

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – What humanity needs is a shared, factual narrative. Not just a myth to live by, as Joseph Campbell articulated in a series of interviews with Bill Moyers on PBS way back in the 20th century. I’ve written about this before, even in my own book. The Power…

President Biden Signs Historic Climate Legislation

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By Glynn Wilson – President Joe Biden triumphantly signed the signature Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday in the State Dining Room of the White House, praising the legislation as among the most significant legislative achievements in the history of the country. The ambitious package of bills takes direct aim at tackling global warming and climate…

We Think Therefore We Win

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Mother Nature doesn’t care what your political opinion is, what side you take in the current partisan political divide in the United States. She is malevolent, and will not even bother to laugh at you on Facebook when you prove to be such a moron that you…

Artemis: We Are Going Back to the Moon, Onto Mars…

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NASA to Stream Artemis I Rollout, Briefings on Science, Tech Payloads – Staff Report – It’s true. No BS, according to NASA. We are going back to the Moon, and setting up a base to launch the trip to Mars. NASA will hold three media teleconferences the week of August 14 to preview the science…

On Leaving Alabama and the Future of Humanity and Nature

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Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – You must know by now that I read a lot. Always have. When I was a kid I went through the school library and left little unread. In the summer months, back when there was a such thing as a book mobile, very little escaped my attention. I…