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Challenger disaster

The Challenger Disaster: What happens when politics overrides science

Jeremy Bloom Featured January 29, 2020 No Comments

Make Every Day Earth Day — Join The Cleantech Revolution!

Amy Klobuchar Needs To Learn Messaging — And Stop Trash-Talking The Green New Deal

This is a fact: there are a lot more men who are CEOs than there are women. This is also a fact: when women do make it to the top as CEO, they are judged more harshly. Is implicit bias responsible?

Why are women CEOs rated more harshly than men? (The Hillary Clinton Effect)

Microsoft's male employees seem very happy. For the minority of female employees, it's another story.

Working at Microsoft is pretty awesome… unless you’re a woman

Toys R Us’ demise was debt, not a lack of e-commerce know-how (updated)

Harvey Weinstein

Me too. My personal experience of sexual harassment.

Martin Luther King: I have a dream speech

Martin Luther King and the possibility of change

Pete Seeger photo by Donna Crawford for the Clearwater Organization

Pete Seeger, defender of clean water and progressive politics, has died

Labour of Love Utah Phillips spreads the word – and the ashes – of Joe Hill

George Lakoff "Don't Think of an Elephant"

George Lakoff Advises Democrats Against “Disaster Messaging”

Politics & Policy

The Challenger Disaster: What happens when politics overrides science

Today marks the thirty-third anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Eight years ago, I wrote this piece about the way …
Make Every Day Earth Day — Join The Cleantech Revolution!

Happy day after Earth Day! We’ve been celebrating this semi-holiday dedicated to the planet we live on (and keeping it …
Amy Klobuchar Needs To Learn Messaging — And Stop Trash-Talking The Green New Deal

One of the most disappointing things about centrist Democrats is the way they think they have to trash-talk Democratic policies …
Long-Delayed Vogtle Nuclear Plants Want To Delay Reporting How Much Longer They’ll Be Delayed

When centrists insist we need to build more nuclear power plants as part of the decarbonization push to prevent climate …
GOP Members Of Climate Solutions Caucus Lose Big In Blue Wave — Who’s Left, …

Congressman Carlos Curbelo’s Florida district is getting swamped by the rising seas of climate change. Likewise, he and half of …
Why are women CEOs rated more harshly than men? (The Hillary Clinton Effect)

This is a fact: there are a lot more men who are CEOs than there are women. This is also …