Future Generations Need to Know Our Nuclear Waste Is Deadly. How Can We Tell Them? Future Generations Need to Know Our Nuclear Waste Is Deadly. How Can We Tell Them?
When designing nuclear-waste storage facilities, how do we make them so uninviting that our descendants won’t get curious?
Jan 9, 2017 / The Nation
This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks
For the Day Against Denial, people across the country will rally at their senators’ offices.
Jan 7, 2017 / NationAction
3 Steps for Progressive Resistance and Rebuilding as the Trump Era Launches 3 Steps for Progressive Resistance and Rebuilding as the Trump Era Launches
Ultimately, the party’s fortunes will depend on recruiting a new generation of progressive leaders who can harness the power of social movements and drive it into electoral politic...
Jan 3, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man
Organizing within the food-supply chain is only going to get more important under a Trump presidency.
Dec 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis
Conceived without the participation of civil-society groups, the chief goal is to advance elite US and Northern Triangle business interests.
Dec 21, 2016 / Dawn Paley
This City Just Banned Virtually All New Dirty-Energy Infrastructure This City Just Banned Virtually All New Dirty-Energy Infrastructure
Portland, Oregon has adopted a first-of-its-kind offensive strategy to prevent new oil, gas, and coal export facilities from being built.
Dec 21, 2016 / Daphne Wysham
The Importance of Diplomacy in a World of Multiple Power Centers The Importance of Diplomacy in a World of Multiple Power Centers
None of the major powers have the capacity to overrule the others, but each has the ability to frustrate the designs of rivals.
Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Can Indigenous Okinawans Protect Their Land and Water From the US Military? Can Indigenous Okinawans Protect Their Land and Water From the US Military?
As construction finishes on six new helipads, demonstrations to remove the military are reaching a fever pitch.
Dec 20, 2016 / Lisa Torio
Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy
Almost every legitimate function of the federal government could be subverted by Trump’s wrecking crew.
Dec 20, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Want to Know How to Build a Progressive Movement Under Trump? Look to Standing Rock Want to Know How to Build a Progressive Movement Under Trump? Look to Standing Rock
Fighting against white supremacy and neoliberalism takes organizing—and lots of it.
Dec 20, 2016 / Audrea Lim