Climate Change

My Drowning City Is a Harbinger of Climate Slums to Come

My Drowning City Is a Harbinger of Climate Slums to Come My Drowning City Is a Harbinger of Climate Slums to Come

Federal legislation is hastening the collapse of working class neighborhoods near water.

Aug 29, 2016 / Feature / Virginia Eubanks

Jill Stein speaking

Jill Stein Should Be Part of a 4-Way Presidential Debate Jill Stein Should Be Part of a 4-Way Presidential Debate

Even those who do not back third-party contenders should recognize that open debates are vital for robust democracy.

Aug 19, 2016 / John Nichols

Greenhouse Gases

What the Climate Movement Can Learn from the Neoliberal Coup What the Climate Movement Can Learn from the Neoliberal Coup

With its strategy and our moral compass, the climate movement could be unstoppable.

Aug 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

A Massive Oil Pipeline Is Being Built Across the Great Plains

A Massive Oil Pipeline Is Being Built Across the Great Plains A Massive Oil Pipeline Is Being Built Across the Great Plains

But resistance is rapidly escalating.

Aug 17, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Trump speaks at Detroit Economic Club

Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust

He’s pushing the same old failures of Reaganomics: tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, along with nostalgia for an industrial era long gone.

Aug 10, 2016 / Jeff Madrick

Gas Crisis NY

Running on Empty Running on Empty

Was the failure to solve the US energy crisis of the 1970s a product of bad government policy, or of voters demanding that their government do the impossible?

Aug 4, 2016 / Jefferson Decker

Fracking in action

Tell Democrats to Boycott Big-Oil Propaganda Events at the DNC Tell Democrats to Boycott Big-Oil Propaganda Events at the DNC

The American Petroleum Institute, a group that spent millions of dollars denying the science on climate change, is trying to burnish its image.

Jul 26, 2016 / NationAction

A New Study Adds Fuel to Calls for a Fracking Ban

A New Study Adds Fuel to Calls for a Fracking Ban A New Study Adds Fuel to Calls for a Fracking Ban

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, researchers found that people living near fracking activity face a “significantly higher” risk of asthma attacks. 

Jul 20, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Black Lives Matter March

Young People on the Streets of Cleveland and Philadelphia Young People on the Streets of Cleveland and Philadelphia

For many young people who took their first step into activism this primary campaign, mobilizing in opposition to Trump at the RNC is both a moral obligation and a chance to test th...

Jul 18, 2016 / StudentNation / Tania Unzueta, BLM Philly, Rossmery Zayas, and Maximilian Cotterill

We Still Need a Future to Believe In

We Still Need a Future to Believe In We Still Need a Future to Believe In

A forum on how to build the political revolution with Naomi Klein, Alicia Garza, Michael Moore, Frances Fox Piven, Robert Reich, Kshama Sawant, Josh Fox, and more.

Jul 18, 2016 / Feature / Various Contributors

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