Environment

Honduran migrant at the border

The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’

Walls and borders are this country's most consistent climate-change ‘adaptation.’

Feb 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference

Take Action Now: Help Pass Crucial Voting Rights Reforms Take Action Now: Help Pass Crucial Voting Rights Reforms

Plus, build support for the Green New Deal and register new voters in 2020 swing states. 

Feb 12, 2019 / NationAction

Green New Deal

Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing

Supporters of action on climate change must borrow a page from FDR by laughing off critics—recognizing that there are times when we must indeed be radical.

Feb 11, 2019 / John Nichols

John Dingell

John Dingell Kept the Faith, From the New Deal to ‘Medicare for All’ John Dingell Kept the Faith, From the New Deal to ‘Medicare for All’

The veteran congressman, who has died at age 92, always understood that health care is a right.

Feb 8, 2019 / John Nichols

Climate Justice and Economic Justice Are Not in Conflict

Climate Justice and Economic Justice Are Not in Conflict Climate Justice and Economic Justice Are Not in Conflict

Redistribution will have to be a big part of any program that effectively tackles the climate crisis.

Feb 8, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the Capitol Building.

Young People Really, Really Want a Green New Deal Young People Really, Really Want a Green New Deal

New polling data show that millennials are more enthusiastic than older generations about radical efforts to save the planet and create jobs.

Feb 7, 2019 / Sean McElwee and John Ray

AOC at the SOTU

She’s With Stupid She’s With Stupid

 Sure, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slips up sometimes–but have you listened to her Republican colleagues?

Feb 7, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Making of Our Polluted Age

The Making of Our Polluted Age The Making of Our Polluted Age

Three new books examine how the rise of coal, oil, and gas has permanently remade our world.

Feb 6, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben

US-Mexico border

The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller

There is an inextricable link between border militarization and climate change.

Feb 6, 2019 / Q&A / Will Meyer

Trump

It Wasn’t a Green New Deal State of the Union Address, So What’s the Point? It Wasn’t a Green New Deal State of the Union Address, So What’s the Point?

Trump’s cynical speech spoke to the past, not the future.

Feb 5, 2019 / John Nichols

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