Accidents and Disasters

Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement

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

Democratic Republic of Congo

Do African Lives Matter? Do African Lives Matter?

The response of the outside world to the latest disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo suggests the answer is no.

Jun 11, 2021 / James North

Trump Coronavirus Pandemic

How to Make Money Off a Pandemic How to Make Money Off a Pandemic

The Trump administration saw the pandemic not for what it took away but for what it offered.

Jun 4, 2021 / Nina Burleigh

Steven Donziger

Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’ Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’

Denied legal judgment by his peers, the lawyer who took on Chevron wants the world to know about his persecution.

May 18, 2021 / James North

Standing section of St. Francis Dam

Exhuming California’s St. Francis Dam Disaster Exhuming California’s St. Francis Dam Disaster

The unrecognized past of America’s newest national monument presents a chance for us to better understand our present environmental challenges.

May 17, 2021 / Josh Lappen

COVID-19 cremation

Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi

Rage at Modi builds amid catastrophic government failure.

May 11, 2021 / Fahad Shah

Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’

Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’ Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’

Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.

May 5, 2021 / Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry

Pandemic Artists Posters

Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War

When “How are you doing?” is also a question of politics and the world.

Apr 28, 2021 / Vijay Prashad

Oil Rig

Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News? Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News?

A sense of catastrophe has faded even as the environmental emergency has intensified.

Apr 20, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact

In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact

A family grapples with disappearance, loneliness, and angst during a pandemic.

Mar 31, 2021 / Joël Díaz

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