Uneven Developments

Climate Changed

October 31, 2012

As with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to New York City is only beginning […]

Watchdog: Storm released ‘staggering’ amount of pollution into Hudson

In the midst of a crisis that is still unfolding, the long-term toxic damage is just beginning to hit home

Staying Alive

July 16, 2012

Survival is our politics now. So says French political anthropologist Marc Abélès in The Politics of Survival. And so say […]

Staten Island Noir

July 14, 2012

The first short story I’ve ever written is forthcoming in Akashic Books’ fantastic noir series. I just got this copy […]

Heat Wave

July 12, 2012

By late June, 72% of the US landmass was in drought or was classified as dry. US agriculture department undersecretary […]

Rio+20 Postmortem

July 8, 2012

Assessments of the Rio+20 Conference have been appearing since the conference ended on 22 June. They are every bit as […]

Publication

July 6, 2012

I finally handed my manuscript off to the publishers about a week ago. What a relief! I got this potential […]

May Day Reborn!

May 2, 2012

The Occupy Movement has revived May Day. For far too many years, this holiday, which was of course also a […]

Back to the Big Apple

April 29, 2012

Italy was really great, but it’s so good to be back in NYC! Today I walked through Union Square, which […]

Socialism or Barbarism

April 24, 2012

Occupation by a fascist or imperialist power is perhaps one of the most common experiences of the last century.  This […]