Jim Mattis resigned as Secretary of Defense last week making it unclear if there will be any people left who will push back against Trump's worst instincts.

In my last blog post I wrote about identity politics and how they lead to further division of society based on emphasizing diversity. Speaking bluntly, in our efforts to notice and embrace diversity, and eradicate inequality and intolerance, we may have created a climate in which everyone feels that the group they identify with is unnoticed…

The latest meeting of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Katowice, Poland managed to agree upon the rules and procedures for implementation of the historic Paris accord and while work remains to be done, the world is one step closer to solving perhaps the biggest threat we are facing.

Cities are ahead of the game in the transition to a cleaner, more livable world and Madrid's Mayor, Manuela Carmena, has boldly made the city a leading example by restricting private internal combustion engines from the city's most iconic central district.