We’re Not Ready for a World of Water Scarcity We’re Not Ready for a World of Water Scarcity
Will aquifers become the United States’ strategic reserves, alongside oil reserves and the nuclear weapons we keep in “reserve” to protect our wealth?
Sep 24, 2025 / Frida Berrigan
How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency? How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency?
Moving resources and skills and jobs from the military-industrial complex to civilian sectors is a big project. But it could start in your own community.
Oct 3, 2024 / Frida Berrigan
The Planet Is Only Getting Hotter The Planet Is Only Getting Hotter
We can’t keep being the human beings who live to destroy.
Aug 17, 2023 / Frida Berrigan
The Doomsday Clock Has Never Been So Close to Midnight The Doomsday Clock Has Never Been So Close to Midnight
What's on the other side?
Apr 12, 2023 / Frida Berrigan
How to Survive Our Apocalyptic Future How to Survive Our Apocalyptic Future
This world, however finite with its increasingly overwhelming problems, is still precious to me and worth a good fight. I can’t turn away from tomorrow.
Nov 8, 2022 / Frida Berrigan
There Are Still Things to Love About America There Are Still Things to Love About America
This planet is bigger and more beautiful than nationalism and militarism allow us to see.
Jul 15, 2022 / Frida Berrigan
Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers
Wherever you want to lay the blame, the solution isn’t hard to find—it’s just expensive.
Apr 29, 2022 / Frida Berrigan
This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet
The US economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming. Which are we going to choose?
Dec 23, 2021 / Frida Berrigan
Living in the Shadow of Human Extermination Living in the Shadow of Human Extermination
My hometown houses enough nukes to destroy all life on the planet—but it can represent something better than a nuclear holocaust.
Jun 25, 2021 / Frida Berrigan
How to Cope With Daily Life During a Pandemic How to Cope With Daily Life During a Pandemic
After all these months and 210,000 deaths, you’d think we’d be used to it all. I’m not. It doesn’t seem even a little normal yet.
Oct 7, 2020 / Frida Berrigan