Finding ways to navigate the challenges of living on a small planet. By Frances Moore Lappé // December 15, 2021 Frances Moore Lappé sitting on a log in the late 1960s while researching Diet for a Small Planet. Originally Published in The Progressive, December 15, 2021 I am a child of the sixties, fed by its energy and hope. In 1962, in its Port Huron Statement, Students for a Democratic Society called for participatory democracy, and it sure made sense to me. Fresh out of c

By Frances Moore Lappé // December 13, 2021 Confident in knowing the Constitution is our foundation, even the timid among us can call our representatives, imploring them to stand up for voting rights and our embattled republic—as they stay true to their oath of office. Voting rights activists participate in a voting rights rally outside the White House on August 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. The rally organized by the People For the American Way (PFAW) and the League of Women V

By Frances Moore Lappé & Anna Lappé // December 7, 2021 Globally, in this now-or-never moment, we can remake governance to answer to all of us, to finally make policy with the understanding that hunger will only be uprooted if we tackle the anti-democracy forces at its roots. "In addition to inequality," the authors write, "our corporate food system is so broken nearly 60 percent of the calories Americans eat now offer us zero nutrition; and virtually no Americans meet dietar