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Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue

We were immigrants once… Truly democratic, truly national… Trump’s uncivil acts… Sleuths with pens… Righteous resistance… We’ve got you covered …

Feb 23, 2017 / Our Readers

Greenhouse Gases

Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan

Purist objections scuttled Washington State’s market-friendly carbon tax plan in November. Let’s not let that happen at the national level.

Feb 14, 2017 / Charles Komanoff

Shell No Protest

Climate Disobedience in the Time of Trump Climate Disobedience in the Time of Trump

Ken Ward and Emily Johnston are willing to spend decades in prison for shutting down tar-sands oil pipelines. They want you to understand why.

Feb 13, 2017 / Wen Stephenson

Big Oil’s Grip on California

Big Oil’s Grip on California Big Oil’s Grip on California

In America’s greenest state, the industry has spent $122 million in the past six years to shape regulation and legislation. It wins more than you think.

Feb 13, 2017 / Feature / Michael J. Mishak, Center for Public Integrity

Congressional Progessive Caucus

It’s Time for the Congressional Progressive Caucus to Raise Its Game It’s Time for the Congressional Progressive Caucus to Raise Its Game

The CPC must move from being the conscience of the Democratic caucus to being its captain, from defining the alternative to defining the agenda.

Feb 8, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

West Coast Politicians Are Fighting Back Against Donald Trump

West Coast Politicians Are Fighting Back Against Donald Trump West Coast Politicians Are Fighting Back Against Donald Trump

This could become the largest resistance movement to federal policy in more than a century.

Feb 8, 2017 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

San Francisco Oil Refinery

This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow to the Dirtiest Forms of Oil Production This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow to the Dirtiest Forms of Oil Production

A proposed emissions cap would prevent the area’s refineries from converting dirtier-burning oils into fuel. Will it pass?

Jan 31, 2017 / Will Parrish

LAX Trump protesters

The Resistance to Trump Is Big, Diverse, and Ferocious The Resistance to Trump Is Big, Diverse, and Ferocious

It will take sustained and strategic action on many fronts to defend our democracy while building a bigger, stronger progressive movement.

Jan 31, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US President Barack Obama departs the Oval Office

Obama’s Hail Mary for Climate Justice Obama’s Hail Mary for Climate Justice

His last week in office, Obama sent $500 million to the United Nations Green Climate Fund.

Jan 20, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Shut Down Trump’s ‘Swamp Cabinet’ and Other Ways to Keep Fighting Trump’s Cabinet Nominees

Shut Down Trump’s ‘Swamp Cabinet’ and Other Ways to Keep Fighting Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Shut Down Trump’s ‘Swamp Cabinet’ and Other Ways to Keep Fighting Trump’s Cabinet Nominees

Make phone calls, share information, and join a “Day of Action” this Tuesday.

Jan 20, 2017 / NationAction

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