Journalism Turns a Corner on Climate Change Journalism Turns a Corner on Climate Change
Watch the Covering Climate Now TV special Burning Questions tonight on public television’s WORLD channel.
Oct 25, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives
Liz Truss was a hopeless, incompetent leader. But the temptation of a return to the discredited certainties of free-market dogma proved impossible for her party to resist.
Oct 21, 2022 / Gary Younge
The Death Eaters: Covid in the Liberal Imagination The Death Eaters: Covid in the Liberal Imagination
A call to rescue public health from the dead hand of neutrality.
Oct 20, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
The Saudi Regime Isn’t Afraid of Joe Biden The Saudi Regime Isn’t Afraid of Joe Biden
Despite widespread disgust at Saudi perfidy, odds are that crackpot realism will once again trump human rights—or even the national interest.
Oct 17, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Is Florida Becoming a Failed State? Is Florida Becoming a Failed State?
Large parts of Florida should be mangrove thickets, prickly swampland, and unforgiving marshy wilderness—for our own survival.
Oct 11, 2022 / CD Davidson-Hiers and Jeff VanderMeer
The Vultures at Alden Capital Want Us to Believe Their Neutrality Is in Good Faith The Vultures at Alden Capital Want Us to Believe Their Neutrality Is in Good Faith
Ending the practice of endorsing presidential candidates isn’t an honorable act of bipartisanship. It’s a craven act of corporate greed.
Oct 10, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Aaron Judge Is Great—but Don’t Erase Barry Bonds Aaron Judge Is Great—but Don’t Erase Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds is not regarded as the home run king, but he should be.
Oct 5, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth
The book's focus on an individualized rise to power lets the American media, political system, and cult of entrepreneurship off the hook.
Oct 5, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Off the Record: Barack Obama on Donald Trump Off the Record: Barack Obama on Donald Trump
A newly declassified press conference shows the former president’s prescience—and his blind spots.
Oct 3, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Remembering Frank Watkins, Longtime Lieutenant to Jesse Jackson Remembering Frank Watkins, Longtime Lieutenant to Jesse Jackson
Though he preferred to work behind the scenes, Watkins was a crucial force in opening the Democratic Party to Black leadership—and pulling it to the left.
Sep 30, 2022 / Kevin Alexander Gray