The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming
Global temperatures would still rise to 2.7 to 3.5 C above the pre-industrial level.
Nov 30, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count
At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.
Nov 29, 2015 / Naomi Klein
Looking for Kabul-Style Corruption? Try K Street. Looking for Kabul-Style Corruption? Try K Street.
You don't have to travel across the ocean to find widespread corruption, extortion and bribery.
Nov 24, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon
The Maquiladora Workers of Juárez Find Their Voice The Maquiladora Workers of Juárez Find Their Voice
Low pay, abusive conditions, no union representation—employees are fed up and fighting back.
Nov 20, 2015 / David Bacon
‘Bringing History to Bear’ ‘Bringing History to Bear’
Celebrating 150 years of dialogue and dissent.
Nov 19, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The US Military’s Best-Kept Secret The US Military’s Best-Kept Secret
For years, American military expansion in Africa has gone largely unnoticed, thanks to a deliberate effort to keep the public in the shadows.
Nov 17, 2015 / Nick Turse
November 17, 1993: The US House of Representatives Approves NAFTA November 17, 1993: The US House of Representatives Approves NAFTA
“The struggle against NAFTA has shown that those harmed by the New World Economy need not be passive victims.”
Nov 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice
Refugees of a transnational migration crisis represent the latest wave of social upheaval in Bangladesh now reverberating around the world.
Nov 16, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Splinterlands: The View From 2050 Splinterlands: The View From 2050
A dystopian fictional tour of the world that awaits us.
Nov 10, 2015 / John Feffer
Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time
For the artists in the activist group Gulf Labor, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi epitomizes the conquest of art by corporate interests.
Nov 9, 2015 / Ursula Lindsey