Sustainability

From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt

From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt From Black Lives Matter to the Fight for $15: Why Americans Are in Revolt

Journalist Sarah Jaffe celebrates the social movements that are rocking the country.

Oct 21, 2016 / Q&A / Astra Taylor

Amy Goodman Dakota Access

Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’ Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’

Goodman goes free as a North Dakota judge concludes that covering the Dakota Access Pipeline is not a crime.

Oct 20, 2016 / Lizzy Ratner

Second debate

What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change

Years from now, historians will marvel at the absence of global warming in the 2016 campaign coverage and presidential debates.

Oct 14, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

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There’s a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy’s Underway There’s a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy’s Underway

Organizers want the fast-food giant to agree to worker-friendly supply-chain practices.

Oct 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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Native Americans Are Fighting a New but Familiar Battle at Standing Rock Native Americans Are Fighting a New but Familiar Battle at Standing Rock

The broken treaties of the past have now become a fundamental piece of the climate-justice battle.

Sep 22, 2016 / Brian Ward

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This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land

In Utah and the Dakotas, history repeats itself as Native Americans fight to protect their lives—and ours.

Sep 20, 2016 / Chip Ward

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

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This Town Is Sick of Drinking Polluted Water This Town Is Sick of Drinking Polluted Water

In one of Alabama’s poorest and most segregated regions, activists are demanding their right to clean water.

Aug 19, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Monsanto Roundup

If You Want to Market a Dangerous Pesticide Without Regulation, Go to the European Union If You Want to Market a Dangerous Pesticide Without Regulation, Go to the European Union

The EU continues to extend glyphosate’s license, even after the World Health Organization concluded it was “probably a carcinogen.”

Jul 20, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Greenhouse Gases

Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever

Renewable forms of energy are growing far faster than anyone expected. But so is the use of oil, coal, and natural gas.

Jul 14, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

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