Ray Wirth

Armed troops in our streets? The next move is ours. medium.com/soulfight/im...

The President has "real concerns" about the jobs numbers. Better if he had real concerns about jobs. And people.

So we now we have another prominent fake Christian (House Speaker Mike Johnson) pulling strings to protect the identities of child molesters.

I started Soulfight on little more than a hunch and a hope. Seven months later, this Medium publication is a hive of good writing on what we can do to save our democracy: medium. medium.com/soulfight/th...

The Hate Universe is Expanding — What We Can Do About It How to help friends and neighbors find their way back out

I've been side-tripping the back roads of the hate universe. It's not a pretty sight: medium.com/soulfight/si...

If judges and legislators can do their jobs without face coverings that shield their identities, then ICE agents can too.

MAGA is equivocating damaging Teslas with Jan 6, but let's be clear: no one in the Democratic leadership supports the attacks, and no one is calling the attackers patriots.

Counterpoint!

The Politics of Earth A celebration of Nature’s wisdom, wealth, and inclusivity

Some are hesitant to talk politics. Nature, not so much: open.substack.com/pub/raywirth...

Asking politicians to sign something like this could pressure them to clarify where they stand --and ultimately to do the right thing.

Straw Wars Reveal Trump for Who He Truly Is Insights into the ultimate scam artist — and America today

It may be Trump is a mirror for who we've become as a people. It's not a pretty sight: open.substack.com/pub/raywirth...

In the mountains, we find strength.

Time to Die, DEI — We’ve Had It Wrong All Along Diversity, inclusion, and equity used to be good, but the times are a-changin’

Welcome to the brave new world where what's good is made un-good: medium.com/soulfight/ti...

Soulfight — A Call to Writers, Readers, and Dreamers Democracy and Earth's future are on the line

Please join the fight: medium.com/the-new-outd...

The Butterfly Effect Means No One Gets Off the Hook We keep our democracy only if we keep doing what needs to be done and saying what needs to be said

In choosing between hope and despair, I choose hope. medium.com/soulfight/th...

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

Remedy for the Rift A deep ecology mindset could heal our planet

Sometimes you gotta focus on the bright spots between the clouds: medium.com/the-new-outd...

Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind The global plastics crisis comes full circle

Lots of things to focus on, but the microplastics crisis should be one of them: medium.com/the-new-outd...

It is worth noting again that the climate change deniers are running economic, energy and environmental policy, but the imperial conquest agenda is built off the reality of climate change

The problem is this: half-educated people who in another era would have gotten their news from Walter Cronkite now feel qualified to curate their own news from the likes of Facebook, X, Fox, and Breitbart.

Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." Why stop there? Rename the Atlantic as "The American Ocean." The Pacific should be "The American Ocean" too.

Forays to Ecotopia A ten-pack of paradigm-shifting stories from 2024

Essential reads of 2024: medium.com/the-new-outd...

Never more true in America than right now:

How to Dismantle Climate Anxiety and Love the World Even More Reframing perspective can energize and empower

Read “How to Dismantle Climate Anxiety and Love the World Even More“ by Ray Wirth on Medium: medium.com/the-new-outd...

Winter sunrise over an icy Maine pond.