Tag: Stopping

Stopping Time in Japan by the Way of Paris

One of my favorite neighborhoods in Paris was Montmartre. Hilly, with the gorgeous Sacre Coeur glowing like a marble heart atop the hill and side streets crawling with boutique shops and restaurants, it was a neighborhood with a world-famous view. It was also the perfect setting to get lost in for a...

Stopping Trillions In Subsidies To The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Key To Climate Action

According to the International Monetary Fund, in 2022 direct subsidies for the fossil fuel industry rose to US$1.3 trillion. In previous years, the industry averaged profits of $1.5 trillion, but last year their global profits were $4 trillion, per the International Energy Agency. Also las...

Is Black Ownership Our Only Hope in Stopping Plantation Weddings?

There’s nothing romantic about a plantation wedding when you consider the brutal mistreatment of enslaved people forced to live and work there. Sure, the South has its natural charms. Mighty pecan, magnolia, and oak trees with branches stretching out to reach one another, bayous, lakes, rivers...