Figs: A Taste of Wonder

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Orion Magazine
For more than nine thousand years, figs have been a keystone species, a critical component of the food web. Twelve hundred different kinds of animals depend on them.

COP26 Exposes Failure of Neoliberalism

Robert Hunziker CounterPunch
Smoke stack spewing smoke.
The neoliberal brand of capitalism has failed the planet and failed civilization. It’s an archaic outmoded system with very deep roots to a centuries-old masculine-dominated white world.

Cover-up of U.S. Nuclear Sub Collision in South China Sea

John V. Walsh Asia Times
U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS Connecticut, suffered serious damage in an undersea incident that the US Navy ascribed to a collision with an undersea object - 150 nautical miles from China’s Yulin submarine base in Hainan province.

This Is the Decade to Reduce Emissions

Tina Gerhardt The Nation
At this week’s climate negotiations in Glasgow, countries must get serious about detailing their plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

3 Starbucks Set for Vote on Union

Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Labor board approves elections for Starbucks workers in Buffalo, N.Y.