Environmental Issues

Trump speech

Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference

We’re not readers, but active participants—with the ability to rewrite the ending.

Mar 13, 2017 / John Feffer

Rex Tillerson hearing

Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive

If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.

Mar 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Wilbur Ross

Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters

Behind the scenes, a lot happened this week at several federal agencies. 

Mar 3, 2017 / George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter

SOS on truck for climate change

Donald Trump’s War on Science Donald Trump’s War on Science

The fear in environmental-protection agencies is palpable—but so is the pushback.

Mar 2, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Students

How Do We Find Hope Under Trump? How Do We Find Hope Under Trump?

We must assert, each and every day, that we are not living in normal times.

Mar 1, 2017 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona

Jane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald Trump

Jane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald Trump Jane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald Trump

Plus: George Zornick on Trump’s first month and Blanche Wiesen Cook on Eleanor Roosevelt.

Feb 23, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Are We Doing All We Can to Prevent Lead Poisoning?

Are We Doing All We Can to Prevent Lead Poisoning? Are We Doing All We Can to Prevent Lead Poisoning?

Lead paint poisons many more children than any other source. Are housing demolitions putting their health in danger?

Feb 21, 2017 / Eilís O’Neill

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Defending Our Borders From Hell-Demons From Another Dimension Defending Our Borders From Hell-Demons From Another Dimension

“Only Trump can make Americans safe again!”

Feb 21, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Just Reached a New Low Mitch McConnell Just Reached a New Low

In ramming through Trump’s EPA pick, the majority leader committed an egregious cover-up and a “total abdication of the Senate’s constitutional responsibility.”

Feb 17, 2017 / John Nichols

The New Patriotism

The New Patriotism The New Patriotism

How to find community and sustain a tradition of nonviolence amid Trump chaos.

Feb 16, 2017 / Frida Berrigan

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