Saudi Arabia’s September 11 Connection and the Contradictions of American Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia’s September 11 Connection and the Contradictions of American Foreign Policy
How the state that aided terrorism on US soil has become an indispensable ally that the Biden administration is determined to placate at all costs.
May 29, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Surfers Are Fighting to Save the Waves—and the Planet Surfers Are Fighting to Save the Waves—and the Planet
By the end of the century, the world could lose almost half of its sandy beaches. But a movement of surfers across Latin America is working to protect the coastal-marine environme...
May 28, 2024 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
Why the Health of Tens of Millions Depends on the US-Mexico Tortilla War Why the Health of Tens of Millions Depends on the US-Mexico Tortilla War
A trade dispute between Mexico City and Washington puts a spotlight on food sovereignty, GMOs, glyphosate, and the fate of Mexico’s iconic white-corn flatbread.
May 28, 2024 / Alexander Zaitchik
It’s Not Too Late for Democrats to Win Back Rural Voters It’s Not Too Late for Democrats to Win Back Rural Voters
Putting together a Democratic majority in 2024 requires winning back some portion of the rural working class. The good news is that it can be done. Here’s how.
May 17, 2024 / Column / Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento
Climate Change Has Upended Kenya’s Agricultural Economy Climate Change Has Upended Kenya’s Agricultural Economy
As the region faces unprecedented flooding, farmers are struggling to make ends meet.
May 17, 2024 / Photo Essay / Emily Whitney
News Deserts Are Obscuring the Breadth of Climate Disasters News Deserts Are Obscuring the Breadth of Climate Disasters
Bootstrapped publications like mine do their best to keep the news alive in communities now struggling just to survive.
May 15, 2024 / Jane Braxton Little
How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists
A tranche of 4,700 subpoenaed e-mails reveals the ways in which fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they all too often succeed.
May 15, 2024 / Molly Taft
In Nepal’s Mustang Region, Climate “Loss and Damage” Puts the Survival of a Tibetan Community in Question In Nepal’s Mustang Region, Climate “Loss and Damage” Puts the Survival of a Tibetan Community in Question
What climate change looks and feels like in the Himalayas.
May 14, 2024 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society
But they do signal that government can make life tangibly better.
May 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms
Can a presidential candidate afford to lose gray matter to parasites?
May 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer