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Eight Billion Humans? Good! I Love Humans.

Eight billion humans? Good! I love humans.

Eight Billion Humans? Good! I Love Humans.

According to a recent UN report, the world population of human beings reached eight billion people on approximately November 15, 2022.

Eight billion humans? Good! I love humans.

Unfortunately, this major milestone in human history has triggered another wave of population control discourse on social and traditional media. All of the discourse I’ve reviewed so far is coming from either a climate perspective or broader environmental perspective.

As an advocate for environmental justice and climate justice, I feel compelled to say a few words about why this population control discourse is a problem and what we can do about it.

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Imagine Believing the Constitution (Tweet)

The Constitution and Beyond

Imagine Believing the Constitution (Tweet)

“Imagine believing that a constitution written by slaveholders about 250 years ago is the greatest possible system of governance.”

These are the words that kicked off my first viral tweet. So far, about 45,800 people have liked my tweet. 8,500 or so have retweeted it. Those aren’t celebrity numbers, but this is by far my most popular tweet to date. Therefore, I’ve decided to write a blog post about it.

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We need to organize community pandemic responses

2020 is almost over, but here in the US, the pandemic’s just getting warmed up. Several vaccines are in the process of approval and early distribution, but it will take months to distribute them to enough people to make a major difference in the spread of COVID-19. In the meantime, the winter spike in confirmed cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continues. How we respond to the pandemic over the next few months will determine just how catastrophic a toll it takes on our communities and society.

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