Why We Can't Wait
James Hansen : If Congress follows these five suggestions, we could solve the problem of global warming.
John Nichols describes the grassroots movement to impeach Bush, Jeff Goodell investigates the coal industry's earth-friendly claims, and Charles Taylor reviews two biographies of Leni Riefenstahl.
Articles
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Big Is Beautiful
Christian Parenti : Green utilities are growing, but they need to grow faster.
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Cooler Elites
Doug Henwood : Can the ruling classes save the world from global warming?
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Adapt or Die
Mark Hertsgaard : Areas like Bangladesh and New Orleans, which promise to be hard hit by climate change, face a stark decision.
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Farewell, Sweet Ice
Matthew Gilbert : Melting ice is threatening the centuries-old society of the Gwich'in tribes.
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China vs. Earth
Elizabeth Economy : The world's most industrialized countries started the climate crisis, but China might well finish the job.
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The Dirty Rock
Jeff Goodell : Could clean coal become a reality, or is it just another corporate fantasy?
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Flying Into Trouble
George Monbiot : Airplanes produce staggering amounts of carbon dioxide--and there's no way to make them more energy-efficient.
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Don't Bet on Offsets
A. C. Thompson & Duane Moles : Erasing your "carbon footprint" is tougher than it seems.
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Fevered Imagination
Lawrence Weschler : Artists try to wake up a sleepwalking public to the dangers of climate change.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Going Green
: We can no longer prevent global warming, but we can survive it--if we have the collective will to act.
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Disseminate Information, Protect Democracy
Teresa Stack : Unless the US Postal Service reverses its steep increases in bulk-mailing rates to favor large corporate publishers, the future of small magazines is grim.
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The Fight of Our Lives
Deepak Bhargava & Angelica Salas : Passing progressive immigration legislation this year is a moral imperative. History is in our hands.
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Impeachment Fever Rises
John Nichols : An "impeachment from below" movement is gathering steam, and Congress needs to pay attention to it.
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Kurt Vonnegut
: Vonnegut's best novels were as profound as any writing that deals with ultimate questions.
Reviews
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It's Doom Alone That Counts
Marco Roth : Georges Simenon's remarkable output includes investigative journalism, hardboiled novellas and dark psychological novels.
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Ill Will
Charles Taylor : The most durable piece of Nazi propaganda may yet turn out to be the belief that Leni Riefenstahl is an artistic genius.
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Desire and Its Discontents
Stuart Klawans : Reviews of Syndromes and a Century, Private Fears in Public Places, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis and Stephanie Daley.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz
Calvin Trillin : Rummy's fork-tongued understudy finally gets his.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
The Real 'Fake News'
Eric Alterman : Progressives need to take on Fox News's ugly propaganda.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
The Good Victim
Gary Younge : Why do we hand-pick seemingly pure and innocent victims of injustice--such as the Rutgers basketball players--in order to combat American racism?
Web
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This Space for Sale
Barbara Ehrenreich : The Philadelphia Inquirer is planning to run an editorial column sponsored by Citizens Bank. What's next--the Phillip Morris column on health issues?
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TruthDig
Bush Blames the Troops
Robert Scheer : Bush is hiding behind the fiction that officers in the field are calling the shots.
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Murder in Monterrey
Felicia Mello : A labor organizer was beaten to death after exposing exploitative labor practices in the United States and Mexico.
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A Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Billy Sothern : Billy Sothern, member of the legal team that represented Patrick Kennedy, convicted of child rape, in a landmark Supreme Court death penalty decision this week, explained the issues at stake in this 2007 essay.
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Earth's Altered States
Run like hell! Floods, droughts and food collapses are only a few of the dire consequences of climate change outlined by a new report. Will life soon resemble a never-ending Hollywood blockbuster disaster movie?
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The US, Denial and the Culture of Violence
Why does America only care about certain people's deaths?
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Roads to Freedom
David L. Chappell : A rich crop of new books offers fresh insight into the ongoing struggle for civil rights in America.
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The Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Dahr Jamail : The war in Iraq has caused one of the most severe refugee crises in history, and no one seems to be paying attention.
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The Pulitzer Pause
Nicholas von Hoffman : Out of ideas and bleeding money, mainstream media gives itself yet another round of prizes. They should spend some time recalibrating their values.
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Our Broken Mental Health System
Barbara Ehrenreich : Although the mental health industry eagerly gives A.D.D. diagnoses to little boys who can't sit still, Cho Seung-Hui's illness was ignored.
Cover design: Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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