Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau
“I walk toward one of our ponds,” Thoreau wrote in “Slavery in Massachusetts,” “but what signifies the beauty of nature when men are base?”
Aug 11, 2021 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back
The Indigenous-led leftist collective is committed to freeing the world from capitalism and colonialism.
Aug 10, 2021 / Cecilia Nowell
“This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science “This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science
The United Nations’ latest climate report says capping global temperature rise at 1.5° C is imperative—and still within reach through immediate, aggressive action.
Aug 9, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out
The four-time Louisiana governor is instead remembered for having said that he’d lose his election if he were “caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.”
Aug 6, 2021 / Jason Berry
America Faces Cascading Crises. Democrats Must Act. America Faces Cascading Crises. Democrats Must Act.
Any serious effort to alleviate the real problems facing Americans will depend on progressives’ corralling Democratic unity.
Aug 5, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Billionaires Take Up Space Billionaires Take Up Space
Tax-free joyriding off the backs of workers.
Aug 3, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Melinda Beck
The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All
If the government is already struggling to protect iconic creatures like wolves from extinction in the wild, how will it handle the daunting future?
Aug 2, 2021 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement
By paying lip service to the Fukushima disaster and the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, these games are downplaying the growing danger of nuclear catastrophe.
Jul 29, 2021 / Alyn Ware