Environment

Whitman College members rally for fossil fuel divestment

Trump Leaks the Blueprints for the Climate Death Star Trump Leaks the Blueprints for the Climate Death Star

From Keep It in the Ground to divestment to school strikes, climate activists are hitting the bad guys where it hurts.

Apr 15, 2019 / Bill McKibben

Stacey at Roosevelt

The Plan to Save Our Economy The Plan to Save Our Economy

By curbing corporate power and reinvigorating the public sector, we can create an economic and political system that works for everyone.

Apr 15, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

David Bernhardt

A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands

Questions about conflicts of interest and transparency shadow newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.

Apr 12, 2019 / Adam Federman

Green New Deal

What ‘Living in Truth’ Looks Like in the Face of Climate Catastrophe What ‘Living in Truth’ Looks Like in the Face of Climate Catastrophe

Bill McKibben has shown us what it means to live within the truth of our struggle for human survival. Will a new generation find the courage to do the same?

Apr 11, 2019 / Wen Stephenson

Gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left

Joan Walsh on the candidate, Eric Foner on Reconstruction, and Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner.

Apr 11, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bernie Sanders New Hampshire

The Center-Left Wants to Pass the Baton, but What 2020 Candidate Will Take It? The Center-Left Wants to Pass the Baton, but What 2020 Candidate Will Take It?

The right person will understand one crucial thing that Barack Obama did not get. 

Apr 8, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

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Letters From the April 22, 2019, Issue Letters From the April 22, 2019, Issue

Led astray by the third way… Walker’s downfall… Nuclear insanity… Making scammers pay…

Apr 4, 2019 / Our Readers

Iranian protesters burn Trump photo

2 Minutes and Counting 2 Minutes and Counting

Crises that seemed contained not long ago have now spiraled out of control—and the prospects for resolving them peacefully look depressingly bleak.

Apr 3, 2019 / Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

Shutdown Worker

The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People

Trumpism has failed Americans even at the height of the recovery.

Apr 2, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Fracking Has Wrought

What Fracking Has Wrought What Fracking Has Wrought

Eliza Griswold’s new book, Amity And Prosperity, examines the high human and environmental costs of natural gas extraction in two Pennsylvania towns.  

Apr 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones

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