Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail
Activists as well as local and state governments are fighting back—but global energy markets could be his most powerful opponents.
Mar 29, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard
Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive
If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.
Mar 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan
Purist objections scuttled Washington State’s market-friendly carbon tax plan in November. Let’s not let that happen at the national level.
Feb 14, 2017 / Charles Komanoff
The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man
Organizing within the food-supply chain is only going to get more important under a Trump presidency.
Dec 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis
Conceived without the participation of civil-society groups, the chief goal is to advance elite US and Northern Triangle business interests.
Dec 21, 2016 / Dawn Paley
Here’s How States and Cities Can Fight Climate Change and Inequality in the Trump Era Here’s How States and Cities Can Fight Climate Change and Inequality in the Trump Era
Let’s make polluters pay for carbon reduction and invest the revenue in disadvantaged communities.
Dec 1, 2016 / Heather McGhee and Robert B. Reich
‘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
Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power? Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power?
A Florida ballot initiative is written in pro-solar language—but its actual meaning is far more sinister.
Nov 4, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler
How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate Is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate Is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota
Omar’s platform focuses on economic, social, racial, and environmental justice.
Nov 3, 2016 / StudentNation / Cirien Saadeh
Are Voters Getting Greenwashed at the Polls? Are Voters Getting Greenwashed at the Polls?
Contentious—and confusing—environmental issues are on the ballot in these states.
Nov 3, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter