Environmental Issues

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism. What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

It’s going to take global solidarity to avoid a climate-change doomsday.

Sep 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground

Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground

Sign our petition calling on the Obama administration to keep fossil fuels on public lands in the ground.

Sep 14, 2016 / NationAction

North Dakota Wants to Arrest Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman for Engaging in Journalism

North Dakota Wants to Arrest Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman for Engaging in Journalism North Dakota Wants to Arrest Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman for Engaging in Journalism

The independent journalist was documenting private security personnel using dogs to attack Native Americans activists.

Sep 11, 2016 / John Nichols

There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein

There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein

Why? Because she protested with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Sep 9, 2016 / John Nichols

Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines

Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines

The gap between climate justice and climate policy is now so profound that it jeopardizes Americans’ rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Sep 6, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

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Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion

That is, unless real change comes to the economy, and fast.

Aug 31, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Hurricane Katrina Disaster

White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not. White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not.

Taking stock 11 years after the storm.

Aug 29, 2016 / Gary Rivlin

My Drowning City Is a Harbinger of Climate Slums to Come

My Drowning City Is a Harbinger of Climate Slums to Come My Drowning City Is a Harbinger of Climate Slums to Come

Federal legislation is hastening the collapse of working class neighborhoods near water.

Aug 29, 2016 / Feature / Virginia Eubanks

Donald Trump with Louisiana supporters

Inside the Head of a Trump Supporter Inside the Head of a Trump Supporter

Mike Schaff’s community was destroyed by the failures of a private company, but he’s voting for America’s most notorious businessman. Why?

Aug 29, 2016 / Arlie Hochschild

Jill Stein speaking

Jill Stein Should Be Part of a 4-Way Presidential Debate Jill Stein Should Be Part of a 4-Way Presidential Debate

Even those who do not back third-party contenders should recognize that open debates are vital for robust democracy.

Aug 19, 2016 / John Nichols

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