Environment

Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana Leaving Devastation In Its Wake

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

Paradise fire

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

Vaccine News

Vaccine News Vaccine News

Tragicomic portraits of a comic tragedy.

Aug 31, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

Our Dying Oceans

Our Dying Oceans Our Dying Oceans

Vanishing life in the sea: the clock is ticking on taking action.

Aug 27, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Australia Fires

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

Syrian children draw from a water container at a refugee camp in the village of Kafr Aruq.

The Middle East Is Draining Its Water Supply The Middle East Is Draining Its Water Supply

Drought and government action threaten the dozens of civilizations that have been nourished by these waters for millennia.

Aug 25, 2021 / James Zogby

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Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue

The good place… Overconsumed…

Aug 24, 2021 / Our Readers

The former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, Canada.

Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People

Five centuries on, the Doctrine of Christian Discovery is still being used—underpinning all Indian land law in this nation and across much of the globe.

Aug 23, 2021 / Gaeñ hia uh

We Have to Choose the Future of the Planet

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

The Eye of Nature Upon Us

The Eye of Nature Upon Us The Eye of Nature Upon Us

When we destroy the environment, we destroy ourselves.

Aug 20, 2021 / OppArt / The Flynstitute

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