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  3 Ways to Avoid Turning Climate Change into the Next Global Crisis June 4, 2020 Coronavirus has really brought this country — and  our economy Opens a new window  — to its knees. We’ve lost more than 350,000 people to this virus — and, five months in, the crisis is  far from being over Opens a new window .  But we had to wonder — why was it such a surprise? Experts warned us about the potential for a global pandemic to cripple the world years ago. The signs were everywhere Opens a new window  — but our administration still didn’t listen until it was too late. Way  too late Opens a new window . Wait — haven’t we heard this before? If you’re finding this all mind-blowingly similar to the discussion around  climate change Opens a new window , you’re not alone. And, just like coronavirus back in December 2019, climate change is a ticking time bomb just waiting to explode. There are some pretty powerful parallels between the current crisis and the threat of climate change, and we’re think

Mass incarceration isn’t only unjust—it’s big business. We know  it’s no accident that our prisons and jails have been filled to bursting over the past 40 years. America  imprisons more people Opens a new window  than any other nation on earth—a staggering  25% Opens a new window  of all the world’s incarcerated people are behind bars in the US. This lock-’em-up culture has its roots in  slavery  and the racist “tough-on-crime” laws that started being passed back in the  1970s Opens a new window . But here we are almost 50 years later, with studies showing that  mass incarceration doesn’t make us safer Opens a new window , with  political leaders Opens a new window  on both sides of the aisle agreeing that the criminal justice system needs to be transformed, and yet mass incarceration is still with us. What’s the reason for that?  We think there are billions and billions of them...   Follow the Money Let’s be extra clear: Mass incarceration doesn’t work. We don’t need it. In fact, betw