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We have been warned – repeatedly.  We are headed toward the self-destruction of humankind as a species. Indeed, all the other aerobic (oxygen consuming) species on Earth may also be in jeopardy. The latest threat to our species is the rapidly melting permafrost in the Arctic, and the rise there in lethal methane producing sinkholes.  

The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent is the equivalent of the canary singing in the coal mine. Numerous eyewitness accounts, along with disturbing video footage, explain how Renee Good was killed. Yet the President and other top administration officials would have us believe that her murder was justified. They are lying to the American people—that’s called Gaslighting.  In her article Rx for an Ailing Nation, Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about the public health concerns coming out of the federal government. She interviews Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, whose new book Inequality Kills Us All: COVID-19’s Health Lessons for the World examines the ever-expanding gap in healthcare between the haves and the have-nots in America. Rosemary Curran writes about the roots of resentment amid the explosive growth of economic inequality. The second part of her three-part series asks: Can a Capitalist Society be Equitable?  On a lighter note, my essay Krystal and the Deep Blue Sea is a profile of a young San Diego woman who is a self-styled acolyte of Elon Musk. At PR for People, we think the killing of Renee Good has coalesced our American values and propelled us to take action to Standup #ForGood.  –Patricia Vaccarino