Environmental Issues

The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change

The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change

What we need to know now is not what climate change will do in the future, but what we should about it in the present.

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni

AOC

The Political Power of the Green New Deal The Political Power of the Green New Deal

Climate activists are pushing Democratic candidates to give voters “something worth voting for.”

May 17, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

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Letters From the June 3-10, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 3-10, 2019, Issue

A priceless answer…  On the record… Corrections and clarifications

May 17, 2019 / Our Readers

Okinawa Base Protest

In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers

For the Japanese government, which has never acknowledged Okinawan indigenous rights, the island is a convenient location for the American military.

May 16, 2019 / Maia Hibbett

Group Rallying for Justice on Race, Climate and Immigration Issues

Take Action Now: Keep the Conversation on Climate Take Action Now: Keep the Conversation on Climate

Protect the environment, push candidates on climate, and join local groups to keep up the fight.

May 14, 2019 / NationAction

AOC on the Green New Deal

AOC on the Green New Deal AOC on the Green New Deal

What if we actually pulled off a Green New Deal? What would the future look like?

May 14, 2019 / OppArt / Molly Crabapple

Sara Nelson

Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back

For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.

May 10, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe

Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election?

Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election? Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election?

Steve Phillips on changes in the electorate, Ben Ehrenreich on climate and Commerce, and Amy Wilentz on Haiti’s Notre Dame.

May 9, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks

How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks

New agricultural methods offer hope of restoring ecological balance.

May 6, 2019 / Feature / Wilbur Wood

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is an Environmental Tragedy Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is an Environmental Tragedy

Ethiopia’s rivers and lakes are now drying up at terrifying speed.

May 1, 2019 / Christelle Gérand

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