Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do. Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.
Demand debt forgiveness, show up for protests, and donate.
Oct 17, 2017 / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas
Hoax Under Water Hoax Under Water
EPA chief Scott Pruitt rolls back the Clean Power Plan while fires burn in California and oceans rise.
Oct 16, 2017 / OppArt / Steve Breen
In Puerto Rico, Disconnection and Chaos, but Grace Under Pressure In Puerto Rico, Disconnection and Chaos, but Grace Under Pressure
With almost no power and shortages of water and medicine, this island is full of people suffering from PTSD.
Oct 13, 2017 / Ed Morales
Why Buy a New iPhone When You Could Repair Your Old One? Why Buy a New iPhone When You Could Repair Your Old One?
The answer: Because tech companies make it as hard as possible for us to fix their products.
Oct 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Donald Trump Just Threatened to Leave Puerto Ricans to Die Donald Trump Just Threatened to Leave Puerto Ricans to Die
As FEMA warns of massive food shortages, Trump says the island has “survived” the hurricanes and shouldn’t expect help “forever.”
Oct 12, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer? Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?
This could be the company’s “Big Tobacco” moment.
Oct 12, 2017 / Feature / Rene Ebersole
The Future of Food The Future of Food
How do we build a just, sustainable food system?
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Raj Patel, Saru Jayaraman, John W. Boyd Jr., Lindsey Shute, Dana Perls, and Zoë Carpenter
Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future? Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?
From shucky beans to kilt lettuce, the region’s cuisine reflects a dual reality of poverty and ingenuity.
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jones
The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass
For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander