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Local Peace Economy
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April M. Short
Chief Correspondent, Writing Fellow for Local Peace Economy
April M. Short is an editor, journalist, and documentary editor and producer. She is a co-founder of the Observatory, where she is the Local Peace Economy editor. Previously, she was a managing editor at AlterNet as well as an award-winning senior staff writer for Good Times, a weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, California. Her work has been published with the San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, LA Yoga, the Conversation, Salon, and many other publications.
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An encyclopedia of the important social issues of our times, with useful information to help navigate life in the modern world.
Making the case for the general welfare of American society and the world at large.
Bringing recent discoveries in human origins and biology into social and political consciousness.
Environmental journalism that integrates the path for sustainable lifestyles and an ethical diet.
Going to the front lines of the nationwide effort to privatize and undermine the public education system.
Inspiring stories of people’s efforts to reshape and reinvest in our local economy.