activism /oss/taxonomy/term/4540/all en Convergence: How Climate Change Brought Two Women Artists Together /oss/article/environment-climate-change/convergence-how-climate-change-brought-two-women-artists-together <p>Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, 30, is a native of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> in the western Pacific Ocean. This country of ~53,000 people is spread out over 1,159 islands with most of the population on 29 coral atolls. As a poet, Kathy writes about sea-level rise, and the damage to homes, businesses and their way of life. Most of the islands are only a few feet above sea level. With very little total land area it has a significant population density per square mile.</p> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:36:36 +0000 Raymond Johnson PhD, Contributor 8718 at /oss The Anti-Vaccine Movement in 2020 /oss/article/covid-19-pseudoscience/anti-vaccine-movement-2020 <p>What does an antivaxxer and a far-right activist have in common? If the thought of someone who opposes vaccines brings to mind tie-dye shirts and tree hugging, your answer may be “nothing.” But clearly, some do have a commonality: protesting the COVID-19 lockdowns.</p> Fri, 22 May 2020 15:02:07 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8254 at /oss