Brazil’s World Cup Will Kick the Environment in the Teeth Brazil’s World Cup Will Kick the Environment in the Teeth
In Brazil, the impact of sports mega-events like the World Cup on the environment is nothing to cheer.
Apr 22, 2014 / Dave Zirin
People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change
A conversation with Jacqueline Patterson, executive director of the NAACP’s Climate Justice Initiative.
Apr 22, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
We’re the Asteroid: Elizabeth Kolbert on Species Extinction and Climate Change We’re the Asteroid: Elizabeth Kolbert on Species Extinction and Climate Change
One-quarter of all mammals are classified as endangered, along with a third of all reef-building corals and one-fifth of all reptiles.
Apr 22, 2014 / Jon Wiener
Let This Earth Day Be The Last Let This Earth Day Be The Last
“Environmentalism” has failed. The planet now needs a movement far more radical.
Apr 22, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation
With coal not paying the bills, West Virginia has turned to prison construction.
Apr 21, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders
Obama has so far granted fewer pardons than any modern US president.
Apr 21, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy
Russia’s foreign minister threatens further intervention as Biden arrives in Kiev.
Apr 21, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Ten Years Later: Questions Still Surround Pat Tillman’s Death Ten Years Later: Questions Still Surround Pat Tillman’s Death
We should demand the truth about the death of Pat Tillman.
Apr 21, 2014 / Dave Zirin
On the Death and Life’s Work of the Unconquerable Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter On the Death and Life’s Work of the Unconquerable Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter
The passing of prisoner-rights advocate Rubin “Hurricane” Carter should be a clarion call to champion prisoner’s rights.
Apr 20, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice
A new project by NETWORK, the Catholic social justice lobby, invites a reconsideration of a duty to the poor.
Apr 19, 2014 / John Nichols