Environment

How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World

How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World

In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free supplement of capital accumulation.

Feb 11, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Kohei Saito

The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries

The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries

With its cobalt and lithium mines, Congo is powering a new energy revolution. It contains both the worst horrors of modern metal extraction—and the seeds of a more moral economics...

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Nicolas Niarchos

Winter Olympic Committee Press Conference

The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors

Global warming means the future of Winter Games “is literally melting away.”

Feb 5, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela

Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela

The US government is seizing tankers like pirates.

Feb 5, 2026 / OppArt / Glen Le Lievre

People wade in the shallow waters of the Great Salt Lake at Antelope Island in August 2021.

The Future of the Fourth Estate The Future of the Fourth Estate

As major media capitulated to Trump this past year, student journalists held the powerful to account—both on campus and beyond.

Feb 2, 2026 / Feature / Adelaide Parker, Fatimah Azeem, Tareq AlSourani, and William Liang

A flooded floor is blocked off in the 42nd Street Times Square subway station during a rain storm in New York.

Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis? Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis?

As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever.

Jan 28, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Climate Stories Are Everywhere

Climate Stories Are Everywhere Climate Stories Are Everywhere

Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?

Jan 22, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

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Jan 21, 2026 / OppArt / Mike Luckovich

Emissions rise from a smokestack alongside an American flag in Ohio.

The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction

If the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse.

Jan 20, 2026 / Stan Cox

Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine in San Francisco, 2022.

Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio. Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio.

A conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.

Jan 15, 2026 / Q&A / Lara-Nour Walton

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