The Soccer Mom Who Strikes Fear Into the Heart of ICE The Soccer Mom Who Strikes Fear Into the Heart of ICE
Meet Angelica Vargas, one of the most prominent of a new kind of activist: the ICE chaser.
Oct 28, 2025 / Malavika Kannan
How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet
Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
Oct 27, 2025 / Shilpi Chhotray
All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman
On A People's Climate: What the soil can teach us in the fight for climate justice.
Oct 25, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray
Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers
The next phase of The 89 Percent Project profiles climate’s supermajority.
Oct 23, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Coming for Your Rights! Coming for Your Rights!
Will the USA rise to the occasion?
Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages? Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages?
It’s a steep price to pay so that Mark Zuckerberg can sell AI-enabled spy glasses.
Oct 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rebecca Solnit on No Kings—Plus, Reforming the LAPD After Rodney King Rebecca Solnit on No Kings—Plus, Reforming the LAPD After Rodney King
On this episode of Start Making Sense, the author of Hope in the Dark looks ahead, and Danny Goldberg explains how the Rodney King riots led to greater control of the LAPD.
Oct 22, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
The Double-Edged Virality of Portland's Protests The Double-Edged Virality of Portland's Protests
The city’s anti-ICE actions and No Kings demonstration have commanded mass attention, but still are no match for the impunity of the MAGA deportation state.
Oct 21, 2025 / Nathaniel Friedman
Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight. Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight.
After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice.
Oct 21, 2025 / Kim Kelly