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Iran Has Called Washington’s Bluff

Iran Has Called Washington’s Bluff Iran Has Called Washington’s Bluff

At the UN, Tehran is challenging the Europeans to defy Washington—and the attack on Saudi oil installations demonstrates that Iran can fight back against US sanctions, whether dire...

Sep 23, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss

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Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN

Senior UN official confirms White House booked a room so Trump can attend a gathering in the same building as the summit.

Sep 20, 2019 / Oliver Milman

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With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Roundups of the homeless, destruction of environmental and housing safeguards, collusion with foreign despots to savage reproductive rights—the president is an outlaw.

Sep 20, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

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What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like? What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?

The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.

Sep 19, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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We’re Fueling the Next Global Extinction We’re Fueling the Next Global Extinction

And it will wipe us out, too.

Sep 18, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

The UN Secretary General Urges Public Pressure to Address the Climate ‘Emergency’

The UN Secretary General Urges Public Pressure to Address the Climate ‘Emergency’ The UN Secretary General Urges Public Pressure to Address the Climate ‘Emergency’

“Nature is angry,” but a Green New Deal can help, says Secretary General António Guterres.

Sep 18, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard

‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump

‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump ‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump

Six former government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury the truth about climate change—and why they won’t stay quiet.

Sep 17, 2019 / Oliver Milman

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Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters

The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy.

Sep 16, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard

Students take part in a “youth strike to act on climate change” in France in March 2019.

A New Beginning for Climate Reporting A New Beginning for Climate Reporting

Could it be that the press, especially the US press, is finally waking up to the climate story?

Sep 16, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

‘Official Secrets’ Reveals How Little We Still Know About the Push for War in Iraq

‘Official Secrets’ Reveals How Little We Still Know About the Push for War in Iraq ‘Official Secrets’ Reveals How Little We Still Know About the Push for War in Iraq

In 2003, Katharine Gun risked everything to try to stop the war. The reporter who broke her story—coming to the big screen later this month—reminds us how many questions remain una...

Aug 16, 2019 / Martin Bright

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