I am a freelance writer living in Tennessee who has a deep passion for animal welfare, environmental, and other progressive causes.
The shocking murders of three small children, allegedly at the hands of their mentally ill mother, has shone an uncomfortable spotlight on potential deficiencies in maternal mental healthcare. Demand a stronger approach that could ultimately save lives.
Deadly flash floods served as a flashpoint for the future of climate disasters. Call on world leaders to stop creating the conditions for calamity.
Robots and AI systems could put millions of employees across the spectrum out of work sooner rather than later. Call on leaders to take this threat seriously and to take urgent action.
Youth-led protests have become sites for violent suppression and grave injury. Call for an end to harmful oppression disguised as crowd control.
A federal immigration enforcement officer is finally being held to account for allegedly shooting a man through a closed door. Commend this step toward transparency and equal justice.
A petting zoo became ground zero for a potential rabies outbreak. Urge much stronger national safeguards to prevent deadly exposures for both animals and people.
Political lackeys want to sell off America’s public lands and pave them over. Demand important national park protections stay in place.
Revolutionary cancer treatments are potentially on the horizon. Help ensure these promising life-savers make it into hospitals across the country.
An amusement park ride is allegedly causing serious injury and death. Call on inspectors to take urgent action.
Animals are being tortured and slaughtered for high fashion and fancy food. Call for an end to the import of cruelty.
High-stakes education exams are increasingly the subject of scandals, and hard-working students have become collateral damage. Demand an end to extreme policies that cancel out the achievements of dedicated learners.
Jamaicans are being segregated from their own beaches and coastal areas. Call for an end to plantation tourism.
Seabirds are in crisis, but a strategy focused on breeding conservation brings new hope. Demand environmental leaders make the investment.
The era of censorship and book bans is expanding, to the detriment of education and learning. Call on politicians to stop weaponizing discrimination and prejudice against libraries.
Solar energy is a hot commodity that is becoming a mainstay of power grids across the world. Celebrate this clean revolution.
Communities are suffering critical water shortages amid record-breaking heat in Puerto Rico, while the federal government seemingly turns a blind eye. Demand American leaders ensure essential resources and action plans reach this American territory.
A young dog was surrendered to a shelter covered in what appeared to be bites, head wounds, and infection. Demand legal leaders determine the scope and criminal culpability of these alleged acts of violence.
Another federally protected land is being sliced and diced for political special interests. Demand government leaders stop destroying the homes of thousands of animals and plants.
The company reportedly behind a lettuce-linked illness has a troubling track record of allegedly contaminated products…and even more troubling political links that could be shielding it from accountability. Call on food regulators to do their jobs unhindered by any consideration but public health.
Schools that used to be safe spaces have instead become targets for aggression, intimidation, and deadly retaliation. Demand global leaders end attacks on education and on children whose futures are being stolen away.
Dozens of animals allegedly in the throes of starvation and dehydration were discovered by police, but aid came too late for half of these living beings. Demand maximum penalties if the accused are found guilty.
American service members are reportedly trapped at sea with overflowing toilets, moldy showers, and critical food and supply shortages. Demand leaders stop dismissing and start correcting these deplorable conditions.
The very same government that casts doubt on mail-in voting wants to mail deadly weapons direct to doorsteps by the millions. Demand the agency tasked with promoting firearm safety stop promoting self-serving greed instead.
Catastrophic flooding dealt a near extinction-level injury to the world’s rarest great apes. Demand protections for these embattled wildlife.
The world’s first trillionaire is littering both the moon and planet Earth with his space vanity projects. Demand the federal government stop signing off on the ecological collateral damage.