The Notion

Bad News Deserves Bad Verse. Bad News Deserves Bad Verse.

It's holiday season. And besides I've been feeling too grumpy to take the news "straight." So I came up for a ditty for today. You're welcome to send me yours. Here goes...

Dec 16, 2009 / Laura Flanders

What is cap and trade? What is cap and trade?

An explanation of market-based solutions to climate change by Carbon Trade Watch's Oscar Reyes.

Dec 15, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

“It’s a massacre.” “It’s a massacre.”

An update on deforestation negotiations at COP15

Dec 15, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

Poor countries push back at COP15. Poor countries push back at COP15.

Are COP15 talks lurching toward the precipice of collapse?

Dec 14, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

Missing the forest for the trees. Missing the forest for the trees.

Every cloud has a silver lining -- except in Copenhagen.

Dec 14, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas

On Sunday night I indulged two of my favorite obsessions, the Christmas holidays and sentimental Americana, by watching Oprah Winfrey's special "Christmas at the White House...

Dec 14, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit

The Danes have invested a huge amount of money co-branding their capitol city with a summit that will supposedly save the world. That would be fine if this summit actually were on ...

Dec 13, 2009 / Naomi Klein

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez at the March on Washington in 1963.

Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: Is this a Joke? Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: Is this a Joke?

Fans have been puzzled and troubled by Bob Dylan's new Christmas album. To help figure out what Dylan is doing, we turned to Sean Wilentz -- he's the official historian at the offi...

Dec 13, 2009 / Jon Wiener

RECAP: The first week of COP15. RECAP: The first week of COP15.

 A look back at the first week at COP15 and a foreshadowing of what might lie ahead.

Dec 13, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

Court Stops Congressional Attempt to Defund ACORN Court Stops Congressional Attempt to Defund ACORN

ACORN finally won a round in its battle with Congress and the Obama administration on Friday, as a federal court ruled the United States acted unconstitutionally by targeting the o...

Dec 11, 2009 / Ari Melber

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