Environment

Representative Mark Pocan

Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World

The US cannot police the globe and should reject isolationist anti-refugee stances. Representative Mark Pocan proposes another path for American foreign policy.

Aug 20, 2021 / John Nichols

The New Variant

The New Variant The New Variant

The Covid pandemic continues to disproportionately affect communities of color.

Aug 18, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

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

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The Apocalypse Will Not Be Slow The Apocalypse Will Not Be Slow

All of us are in a new world, and we’d better get used to it.

Aug 16, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

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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

Sen. Chuck Schumer

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 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

Red Nation

The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back

The Indigenous-led leftist collective is committed to freeing the world from capitalism and colonialism.

Aug 10, 2021 / Cecilia Nowell

House burning in Dixie fire

“This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science “This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science

The United Nations’ latest climate report says capping global temperature rise at 1.5° C is imperative—and still within reach through immediate, aggressive action.

Aug 9, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Edwin Edwards

The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out

The four-time Louisiana governor is instead remembered for having said that he’d lose his election if he were “caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.”

Aug 6, 2021 / Jason Berry

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