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Letters From the January 17/24, 2022, Issue Letters From the January 17/24, 2022, Issue

Josephine Baker's French exile… Climate wars… A report worth reading… Build Back Better, please…

Jan 11, 2022 / Our Readers

Oil Companies Have Known for Decades

Oil Companies Have Known for Decades Oil Companies Have Known for Decades

They’ve promoted climate change doubt and we all pay.

Jan 7, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Capitol Insurrection

Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency

On the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, we’re reminded that the future hinges on rejecting the two Big Lies.

Jan 6, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard

Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird

Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird

I wouldn’t even try to sum up this bizarre year of ours.

Dec 31, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022

These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022 These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022

For a year that saw progress come slowly and presidential approval ratings decline, these progressives held the line, speaking truth to power, defending democracy, and showing up f...

Dec 28, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols

There Was No Union. There Was No Plan.

There Was No Union. There Was No Plan. There Was No Union. There Was No Plan.

A tornado hit an Amazon warehouse in Illinois and killed six workers. Would a union have made a difference?

Dec 28, 2021 / Janice Fine

Averting Climate Catastrophe Should Be Issue Number One

Averting Climate Catastrophe Should Be Issue Number One Averting Climate Catastrophe Should Be Issue Number One

And now is the time to explain why.

Dec 25, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

Amazon

This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet

The US economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming. Which are we going to choose?

Dec 23, 2021 / Frida Berrigan

The Trap of Climate Optimism

The Trap of Climate Optimism The Trap of Climate Optimism

Dan Sherrell’s Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World shows us a new way to tell the story of how we might cope and survive a future of catastrophe.

Dec 23, 2021 / Q&A / Aaron Bady

Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense

The progressive leader discusses her last call with Joe Manchin, her frustration with the idea that “the Squad” and Bernie Sanders were right and she was wrong, and her determinati...

Dec 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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