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2 weeks ago | shareable.net | Ella Fassler

This story was originally published by Truthout. As a handy person, Devon Curtin spends a lot of time helping people enrich their living spaces. Recently, while working with a friend to remodel their floor, Curtin noticed that the cost of do-it-yourself projects is already rising because of Donald Trump’s tariffs. “The cost of mahogany was the same as Douglas fir, which is kind of wild, but the cost of oak was double.

2 weeks ago | shareable.net | Ella Fassler

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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.

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.

Jan 16, 2025 | shareable.net | Tom Llewellyn

Nearly 20 years ago, The Response host Tom Llewellyn was fortunate to experience Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States live at the Berkeley Community Theater. In 2018, after we finished our first set of audio documentaries for The Response, it was clear that the personal stories shared with us by those on the front lines of climate, political, and social disasters should also be brought to the stage.