Environmental Issues

How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few

How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few

Nonviolent direct action was the 20th century’s greatest invention—and it is the key to saving the earth in the 21st century.

Nov 30, 2016 / Feature / Bill McKibben

Utah Protesters

‘All Resistance Is Local’: A Plan of Progressive Action for the Trump Years ‘All Resistance Is Local’: A Plan of Progressive Action for the Trump Years

Here’s how states and cities can lead the fight against the Trump administration—and build a new political order.

Nov 29, 2016 / Heather Gerken, David Bollier, Gary Gerstle, and Gar Alperovitz

Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?

Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot? Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?

Misleading narratives obscure the reality of the stand at Standing Rock.

Nov 25, 2016 / Evelyn Nieves

Standing Rock Water Defender

This Is What Life Inside the Standing Rock Camp Looks Like Right Now This Is What Life Inside the Standing Rock Camp Looks Like Right Now

A photo essay from Standing Rock, where indigenous activists pray and prepare for winter, even as police brutality mounts.

Nov 23, 2016 / Photo Essay / Jake Ratner

Congressional Progessive Caucus

Taking It to the States Taking It to the States

State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.

Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change

There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New Yorkers came together to initiate community-labor partnerships to decide on how they wanted their city to be made more resilient.

Nov 22, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Colstrip coal plant

Meet the Anti-Science Extremist Who Could Transform the EPA Meet the Anti-Science Extremist Who Could Transform the EPA

Myron Ebell has a long history of working to undermine environmental protections.

Nov 18, 2016 / David Helvarg

Bernie Congress

Bernie Sanders Comes Out Fighting Against Trump and Trumpism Bernie Sanders Comes Out Fighting Against Trump and Trumpism

‘We are not going silently into the night,’ says the senator. ‘The stakes are too high.’

Nov 17, 2016 / John Nichols

How We Can Fight Trump

How We Can Fight Trump How We Can Fight Trump

Progressives must lead the Democratic Party and develop its economic populism.

Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Utah Protesters

28 Students Respond to Donald Trump’s Election 28 Students Respond to Donald Trump’s Election

“We can no longer afford to run from uncomfortable conversations.”

Nov 15, 2016 / StudentNation / Various Contributors

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