For Outdoor Workers, California Air Is Becoming Unbreathable For Outdoor Workers, California Air Is Becoming Unbreathable
As huge fires become the catastrophic new norm, vast numbers of low wage workers are exposed to ever-higher levels of toxins.
Sep 3, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like
The Texas law SB 8 will force abortion clinics in the state to turn away about 80 percent of all patients.
Sep 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield
Why Won’t TV News Say “Climate Change” About Hurricane Ida? Why Won’t TV News Say “Climate Change” About Hurricane Ida?
It’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events.
Sep 2, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire? How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire?
A conversation with reporter Lizzie Johnson about the aftermath of wildfires and the human cost of neglected infrastructure.
Sep 1, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet
By 2049, China will be too busy dealing with climate disasters to launch a war with the United States.
Aug 26, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
We Have to Choose the Future of the Planet We Have to Choose the Future of the Planet
As the devastating Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report makes clear, we have political choices to make right now if we want to avert global catastrophe.
Aug 21, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard for The Nation
Whatever, Voice of Reason Whatever, Voice of Reason
From climate change to the Delta variant, too bad there’s nothing we can do!
Aug 17, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It. Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It.
From now to COP26 in November journalists should focus especially on climate justice and climate solutions—and we should play the story so much bigger.
Aug 12, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
What’s Good and What’s Dangerous in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill What’s Good and What’s Dangerous in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Progressives need to hold strong for the reconciliation bill, but all Democrats should remember: There is no infrastructure as important as the foundation of democracy, which is vo...
Aug 12, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau
“I walk toward one of our ponds,” Thoreau wrote in “Slavery in Massachusetts,” “but what signifies the beauty of nature when men are base?”
Aug 11, 2021 / Feature / Wen Stephenson