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Oil Refinery

Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil

When both ends of the age spectrum come together, bankers had better pay attention.

Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Bill McKibben and Vidya Muthupillai

John Coltrane

Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme? Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme?

Is the latest posthumous addition to his canon released today the Holy Grail?

Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Ethan Iverson

Venezuela Biden

The Biden Administration’s Sanctions Review Is a Joke The Biden Administration’s Sanctions Review Is a Joke

After nine months of investigation, the Treasury Department released seven pages doing little more than patting itself on the back.

Oct 22, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Trump Stephen MillerT

When the Trump Administration Discussed Sending Troops to the Border When the Trump Administration Discussed Sending Troops to the Border

Last year, immigration policy adviser Stephen Miller proposed sending a quarter of a million troops to the US-Mexico border to completely seal it off from would-be migrants.

Oct 22, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

barbara lee budget

Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster? Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster?

And will we believe her this time?

Oct 22, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon

Farmworkers in California

Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home

No worker should be forced to choose between an unsafe job and unemployment.

Oct 22, 2021 / David Michaels and Robert Bullard

The Most Important Climate Summit in History Is a Local News Story Too

The Most Important Climate Summit in History Is a Local News Story Too The Most Important Climate Summit in History Is a Local News Story Too

COP26 matters to every person on Earth, so it’s a story for every newsroom on Earth.

Oct 21, 2021 / Andrew McCormick

Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?

Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both? Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?

Both the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and the recent kidnapping of the Christian missionaries should be seen as a kind of blowback—blowback that has exposed our deplorable and fa...

Oct 21, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz

PAKISTAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-NATIONAL DAY

Imran Khan Faces a Standoff With the Pakistani Military Imran Khan Faces a Standoff With the Pakistani Military

The prime minister has refused to sign off on the appointment of the military’s favored candidate for leadership of the country's top intelligence agency.

Oct 21, 2021 / Hasan Ali

Misinformation

Misinformation Misinformation

Fifth column.

Oct 21, 2021 / OppArt / Bill Bramhall

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