Environmental Issues

How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable

How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable

There was nothing inevitable about the Lyme epidemic. Then humans disrupted the environment and fueled an era of tick-borne diseases.

Jul 25, 2022 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias

Joe Biden holds up his hand and closes his eyes while addressing the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs in Washington D.C.

Biden’s Troubling Response to “Dobbs” Biden’s Troubling Response to “Dobbs”

The president does not seem to understand his responsibilities to the voters who elected him.

Jul 25, 2022 / Andrea Grimes for The Nation

Swimming Upstream

Swimming Upstream Swimming Upstream

Celebrating rivers, restoration, and environmental advocacy in Maine.

Jul 22, 2022 / OppArt / Lisa Link

Biden Is All Talk as Fires Take Over the American West

Biden Is All Talk as Fires Take Over the American West Biden Is All Talk as Fires Take Over the American West

By any stretch of the imagination, what is happening now is a climate emergency.

Jul 22, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Biden Climate Emergency

It’s Time for Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency It’s Time for Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency

The president has an opportunity to address the partisan failures of Congress and the Supreme Court by taking real actions to combat the crisis at hand.

Jul 21, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds

Voting Isn’t Enough. Our Democracy Requires Radical Reform.

Voting Isn’t Enough. Our Democracy Requires Radical Reform. Voting Isn’t Enough. Our Democracy Requires Radical Reform.

Our country is in the midst of a legitimacy crisis, with the Supreme Court at the heart of it. Here’s how we can fix it.

Jul 19, 2022 / Representative Ilhan Omar

There Are Still Things to Love About America

There Are Still Things to Love About America There Are Still Things to Love About America

This planet is bigger and more beautiful than nationalism and militarism allow us to see.

Jul 15, 2022 / Frida Berrigan

SCOTUS Limits the Environmental Protection Agency

SCOTUS Limits the Environmental Protection Agency SCOTUS Limits the Environmental Protection Agency

The weight of the world just got heavier.

Jul 15, 2022 / OppArt / Mac McGill

Worker with Wind Turbines

This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics

Inflicting pain on workers to fix inflation isn’t just unfair. It’s stupid, ineffective, and completely unnecessary.

Jul 13, 2022 / Zack Exley and Robert Hockett

Harvard University

Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money

The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research.

Jul 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

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