Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | progressive.org | Aaron Fernando

    In recent months, the Trump Administration has used the U.S. immigration apparatus in increasingly expansive ways in its crackdown against noncitizens. In the process, it has often transgressed legal bounds in open defiance of checks and balances on its executive power, and has made irreversible mistakes such as unlawful and unjustifiable deportations.

  • 2 months ago | resilience.org | Aaron Fernando

    It’s 2025. That fact alone is a lot to deal with in the United States, especially for those who understand the urgent imperative to transition to a just, democratic, and inclusive energy system, powered by clean, renewable energy. With the current administration ideologically committed to toxic and inefficient forms of energy of the past—fossil fuels and fossil fuel infrastructure—even thinking about the energy system might feel dispiriting.

  • 2 months ago | shareable.net | Aaron Fernando

    It’s 2025. That fact alone is a lot to deal with in the United States, especially for those who understand the urgent imperative to transition to a just, democratic, and inclusive energy system, powered by clean, renewable energy. With the current administration ideologically committed to toxic and inefficient forms of energy of the past—fossil fuels and fossil fuel infrastructure—even thinking about the energy system might feel dispiriting.

  • Feb 5, 2025 | resilience.org | Aaron Fernando

    As a society, we find ourselves in a situation sometimes described as a polycrisis, where social, ecological, and economic issues create challenging and mutually reinforcing synergies, making it difficult to address any problem in isolation. For working people, the imminent need for a clean energy transition might seem like it has to take a backseat because of financial concerns at the household level.

  • Jan 22, 2025 | shareable.net | Aaron Fernando

    As a society, we find ourselves in a situation sometimes described as a polycrisis, where social, ecological, and economic issues create challenging and mutually reinforcing synergies, making it difficult to address any problem in isolation. For working people, the imminent need for a clean energy transition might seem like it has to take a backseat because of financial concerns at the household level.