HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Reminds Us We’re Living in the “Not Normal”
This five-hour historical drama is not a discussion of whether Soviet Communism failed. It’s a mirror of our present moment and the danger of denial.
Environment
How To Survive a Government That Wants to Kill Us
They loot tax-funded FEMA, designed to keep us safe during natural disasters, to pay for ICE, which separates, deports, and dehumanizes people. Now it’s up to us to save one another.
What Has Been Making My Kids So Sick?
Exposure to the chemical chlorpyrifos, which is in flea bombs, may have caused birth defects in the writer’s children. Now she’s fighting to uncover the truth to protect other families.
How Is Our Chocolate Addiction Killing the Environment?
DAME spoke with environmental crusader Etelle Higonnet, who discovered our love of cocoa is destroying our forests. Is there any way to reconcile our cravings with saving the planet?
Trump Wants to Make America Garbage
Just as with every other federal agency, the EPA has been invaded by an enemy bent on destroying its very purpose. Will the planet ever survive this administration?
Can Anyone Save Us From Climate Change?
Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Accord, against the wishes of most states, cities, and even U.S companies, who are now taking environmental matters into their own hands.
Why Protect Americans When You Can Profit Off Them Instead?
Nixon, a Republican, founded the EPA nearly 50 years ago—and now the GOP, led by greedy climate-change-deniers, are poised to trash the agency once and for all.
Where Should My Black Son Go to School?
This writer knows how hard it is to be the only Black kid in class. But there are sacrifices she must consider that mothers of White children don't—sacrifices that could be detrimental to her son.
Keurig and Me: A Coffee Lover’s Confession
For decades, the writer has been as enamored of coffee for its flavor and aroma as she is hooked on its caffeine. So how did she go from being a bean snob to a K-Cup addict?
Erin Brockovich: “When Women Get Together, We’re a Tough Force to Push Back.”
DAME talks to one of our nation’s fiercest advocates on the 14th anniversary of the iconic biopic that made her famous. And at 53, she’s still fighting on the front lines.