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Angus Peterson

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The Rise of American Theocracy

Religion is cashing in on economic despair and political chaos.

May 23

The Statue of Liberty holding a cross in front of a waving American flag and the Capitol Building.

May 23

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The Tightening Noose of Debt

The country and its citizens are being strangled by IOU’s.

May 21

Antique cash register buttons in black and white.

May 21

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Your Life Was Designed in a Boardroom

How capitalism hijacked your choices before you could make them.

May 19

Scrabble pieces spelling out “Real is Rare”.

May 19

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Drowning in Plastic, Dying in Silence

Our addiction to convenience is poisoning us all.

May 17

A crab using a piece of plastic as shelter on Henderson Island.

May 17

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You Already Know What’s Wrong — You Just Don’t Feel It Yet

Optimism is killing us faster than denial ever did.

May 14

A frog boiling in a pot.

May 14

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The (Global) Rich are Killing the Planet

Consumerism is the cult that’s ending the world.

May 13

The global rich are bleeding the earth dry for profit and luxury.

May 13

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The Banks Know What’s Coming

Wall Street’s (not so) quiet pivot to thriving in a world that’s burning.

May 9

You still have time, but not much. Picture is of a lone man walking toward a city under an eclipsed sun.

May 9

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The Sticker That Threatened the System

The death of Energy Star shows what the GOP fears most: working government.

May 7

The Energy Star program, with its ubiquitous sticker, is being defunded by the Republican Party.

May 7

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The Silent Collapse You Won’t See on the News

Biodiversity loss is real, measurable, and racing past our ability to respond.

May 6

Birds are on a one-way path to annihilation due to climate change.

May 6

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American Abdication of Leadership

Giving up the global crown of…everything.

May 2

Lady Liberty without her crown.

May 2

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