Environmental Issues

Harvey Weinstein

How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit? How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit?

Joan Walsh on Weinstein, John Nichols on Trump’s generals, and Zoë Carpenter on the future of food.

Oct 19, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Farmers California wildfires

No Sanctuary in Fire-Stricken California’s Immigrant Communities No Sanctuary in Fire-Stricken California’s Immigrant Communities

Toxic smoke, destroyed homes, and fears of deportation are hitting immigrant communities all at once across Northern California.

Oct 18, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.

Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do. Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.

Demand debt forgiveness, show up for protests, and donate.

Oct 17, 2017 / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas

Hoax Under Water

Hoax Under Water Hoax Under Water

EPA chief Scott Pruitt rolls back the Clean Power Plan while fires burn in California and oceans rise.

Oct 16, 2017 / OppArt / Steve Breen

Broken iPhone

Why Buy a New iPhone When You Could Repair Your Old One? Why Buy a New iPhone When You Could Repair Your Old One?

The answer: Because tech companies make it as hard as possible for us to fix their products.

Oct 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Trump Pollution

Trump Pollution Trump Pollution

Toxic Emissions on the Rise.

Oct 12, 2017 / OppArt / Dylan Vermeul

The Future of Food

The Future of Food The Future of Food

How do we build a just, sustainable food system?

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Raj Patel, Saru Jayaraman, John W. Boyd Jr., Lindsey Shute, Dana Perls, and Zoë Carpenter

Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?

Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future? Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?

From shucky beans to kilt lettuce, the region’s cuisine reflects a dual reality of poverty and ingenuity.

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jones

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

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Letters From the October 23, 2017, Issue Letters From the October 23, 2017, Issue

Calling out the climate criminals… A dangerous savior complex…… Carrying a tune…

Oct 5, 2017 / Our Readers and Rafia Zakaria

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