Activism

Student climate protests

Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is leading the change to lower the voting age, and she just got 125 House members to vote with her.

Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols

Kshama Sawant

Kshama Sawant Says Socialism Isn’t ‘Only in Seattle’ Kshama Sawant Says Socialism Isn’t ‘Only in Seattle’

The Seattle City Council member blames capitalism for the “complete failure” of the housing market.

Mar 15, 2019 / E. Tammy Kim

California wildfires

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Conversation With David Wallace-Wells Facing the Climate Crisis: A Conversation With David Wallace-Wells

The New York magazine writer confirms our worst fears about climate change–but insists there’s still hope.

Mar 15, 2019 / Natasha Ishak

Leave Off!

Leave Off! Leave Off!

If flags could talk…

Mar 15, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Mother and Child in Boston

Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe

How do you raise children under the ever-present threat of climate change?

Mar 14, 2019 / Frida Berrigan

Vanessa Nakate

Uganda’s Young Climate Activists Are Going on Strike Uganda’s Young Climate Activists Are Going on Strike

And they’re bringing a message: though Africa contributes the least to fossil-fuel emissions, it is one of the most vulnerable continents.

Mar 14, 2019 / Angely Mercado

AOC Green New Deal

How Black Lives Matter to the Green New Deal How Black Lives Matter to the Green New Deal

Ocasio-Cortez makes the case for racial justice and reparations.

Mar 14, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Alexandria Villaseñor

‘Why Go to School When You Have No Future?’: A Q&A With a 13-Year-Old Climate Striker ‘Why Go to School When You Have No Future?’: A Q&A With a 13-Year-Old Climate Striker

Alexandria Villaseñor doesn’t have time to wait until she’s in power.

Mar 14, 2019 / Q&A / Angely Mercado

Bail Out

The TV Series Derailing Bail Reform in New Orleans The TV Series Derailing Bail Reform in New Orleans

The tough-on-crime spin is undercutting the hard work of activists and criminal justice experts in the city.

Mar 14, 2019 / Emmeline Clein

The Toxic Consequences of America’s Plastics Boom

The Toxic Consequences of America’s Plastics Boom The Toxic Consequences of America’s Plastics Boom

Thanks to fracking, petrochemicals giants are poised to make the plastic pollution crisis much, much worse.

Mar 14, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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