Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for democracy. Originally Published in Common Dreams , Nov 8th, 2025. (Photo Credit Bingjiefu Hu/Creative Common) Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory on Tuesday is a bright light in this otherwise terrifying political time, and the messages propelling his political ascendance offer many lessons. One particularly is music to our ears—indeed, it’s a song we’ve long be

New data about global food consumption confirms what we know: our meat based diets are our downfall. Originally Published in Common Dreams , Oct 15th, 2025. Earlier this month, the Eat-Lancet commission released new data about global food consumption. Its findings are sobering but not at all surprising. The report highlights the extreme destruction driven by our meat-based diets, emphasizing not only the threats to our health but the many environmental harms. We learn that

Making it easier for young people to vote is a great way to increase participation, making our democracy live up to its ideals. Originally Published in Common Dreams , Aug 26th, 2025. (Photo Credit Garry Knight/Creative Commons) With democracy under attack in the US, a worldwide movement to lower the voting age is growing. This July, the United Kingdom announced it would lower the voting age from 18 to 16 in general elections. When the bill passes, the UK will join Brazil,

We must explicitly name the culprits that are creating an environment rife with both climate catastrophe and conditions hostile to children and families—corporate power and concentrated wealth. Originally Published in Common Dreams , July 25th, 2025. (Photo Credit Rose Shpernik/Creative Commons) Mounting concern over declining birth rates , the devastation of the climate crisis , and a rising conservative pronatalist movement have led to a renewed focus on population. People

In focusing on Trump’s shocking amorality we risk sliding over a painful truth we must embrace to create the democracy we need and want:...

Democracy requires our determination to create a more widely shared understanding of the dangers we face. (Photo Credit Joseph...

Those of us who are citizens are the most protected. So, it’s up to us to do all in our power to sound the alarm bells before it’s too...

If the present strategy of voter suppression by the Republican Party is not stopped, the results of the midterms in two years and the...

We Americans have an obligation to each other and future generations to take on the root causes behind our suffering. by Frances Moore...

If Kennedy really wants to "Make America Healthy Again," he could instead start by addressing the dangers of red and processed meats, a...

by Frances Moore Lappé, December 23, 2024 (Photo Credit: Hartano Creative Studio/Unsplash) Originally published  in Common Dreams ,...

by Frances Moore Lappé and Hannah Stokes-Ramos, August 18, 2024 (photo credit: Alejo Reinoso/Unsplash) Originally published in Common...

by Frances Moore Lappé, August 2, 2024 (Photo credit: Natilyn Photography/Unsplash) Originally published in Common Dreams , August 2,...

by Frances Moore Lappé and Hannah Stokes-Ramos, July 10, 2024 (Photo credit: Tim Mossholder/Unsplash) Originally published in Common...

by Hannah Stokes-Ramos and Frances Moore Lappé, June 21, 2024 Originally published on Common Dreams , June 21, 2024 The latest...

by Frances Moore Lappé, June 14, 2024 (Photo Credit: History in HD/Unsplash) Originally published on Common Dreams , June 14, 2024 It’s...

by Frances Moore Lappé, May 9, 2024 What happened to the middle class in the United States? The rich ate it. (Photo Credit: Giorgio...

by Frances Moore Lappé, Jan 25, 2024 How can we hope to empower ourselves when we are shackled by the false promises of deregulated...

by Frances Moore Lappé, November 7, 2023 (photo credit: Fred Moon/Unsplash) Originally published in The Fulcrum , November 7, 2023 We...

by Frances Moore Lappé, Aug 20, 2023 In the 1950s “communist” was the slur of choice to attack those focused on equity, particularly for...

by Frances Moore Lappé & Graham Backman, Aug 09, 2023 To right the wrongs of the Supreme Court decision, let us rethink access to...

By Frances Moore Lappé, May 22, 2023 Only with democracy —specifically a living democracy— can we transform our wasteful, destructive...

By Frances Moore Lappé, February 6, 2023 Is it possible to turn the tide toward truthful exchange? Yes, if we take immediate...

By Frances Moore Lappé and Max Boland / March 5, 2022 Whether it is a brutal dictator or the climate crisis that has our attention, only...

By Frances Mooré Lappe / February 23, 2022 Beyond monopoly’s power to limit our freedom to choose and earn a fair wage, our freedom is...

By Frances Moore Lappé // February 15, 2022 The assumption held by many Americans that our nation enjoys relatively equal opportunity in...

By Frances Moore Lappé and Max Boland / February 2, 2022 It can be painful to acknowledge the stone-cold truth that we are indeed...

By Frances Moore Lappé / January 24, 2022 Mistrust of government and the tensions between segments of society have been intentionally...

By Frances Moore Lappé / January 13, 2021 Fed up, everyday citizens are stepping up to reverse a whole slew of assaults on our...

By Frances Moore Lappé / January 6, 2022 That which is essential to address all our major challenges—democracy truly accountable to the...

Finding ways to navigate the challenges of living on a small planet. By Frances Moore Lappé // December 15, 2021 Frances Moore Lappé...

By Frances Moore Lappé // December 13, 2021 Confident in knowing the Constitution is our foundation, even the timid among us can call our...

By Frances Moore Lappé & Anna Lappé // December 7, 2021 Globally, in this now-or-never moment, we can remake governance to answer to all...

By Frances Moore Lappé // November 27, 2021 A view of Faidherbia trees help to increase crop yields in Niger. From World Agroforestry on...

By Frances Moore Lappé // October 29, 2021 Our food is increasingly implicated in such major killers as heart disease, diabetes, obesity,...

By Frances Moore Lappe // October 28, 2021 Originally Published in Edible Communities, October 28 2021 When I wrote Diet for a Small...

By Frances Moore Lappé / October 8, 2021 Emerging people’s movements are producing healthy food as they create democracy and sustain the...

By Erin Eberle and Anna Lappé / October 1, 2021 Shifting to a plant-based diet, particularly one centered on whole foods not...

By Frances Moore Lappé/ September 24, 2021 In 1969, experts said the cause of hunger was world overpopulation. Frances Moore Lappé showed...

I wrote a book 50 years ago arguing that plant-based diets would be healthier and more just. Now they’re a necessity. By Frances Moore...

By Frances Moore Lappé / August 9, 2021 (Photo Credit: Shutterstock by Dmitry Demidovich ) Originally Published on Common Dreams ,...

Almost half the growth of U.S. renewable energy from 2000 to 2019 can be linked to state Renewable Portfolio Standards — with more...

By Frances Moore Lappé / June 11, 2021 People hold placards at a rally in front of the US Supreme Court to call on the Senate to pass the...

Soil policies should be driven by science—not agrochemical companies By Kendra Klein and Anna Lappé Originally Published in The Magazine...

What Biden’s burger boondoggle tells us about partisan politics and spin-doctoring By Anna Lappe (Photo by SIphotography /iStock)...

By Anna Lappé (Photo Credit...Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times) Originally Published in New York Times Opinion Letters, on...

By Anna Lappé In a new book, the author discusses the implications of her research, the future of glyphosate, and how Bayer plans to...

It's Not Too Late! We can act now with proven tools to cut greenhouse gas emissions and store vastly more carbon in plants and the earth.

By Anna Lappé For decades, data on pesticide exposure has been vague and non-existent. Anna Lappé talks to the researchers who have put...

Fifty years ago, my mother exposed the damage caused by our energy-intensive, environmentally devastating food production system. The...