How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security
A major drought in Syria helped lead to the revolution and Assad’s crackdown. Harsh weather in Iraq could prove just as destabilizing.
Oct 27, 2015 / John Knefel
Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again. Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again.
Long-term investments in clean energy would curb emissions and create millions of jobs around the globe.
Oct 27, 2015 / Feature / Robert Pollin
Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon’s Climate-Change Deception Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon’s Climate-Change Deception
Exxon-Mobil has spent years promoting skepticism of climate change—a position that runs contrary to the company's own research.
Oct 26, 2015 / NationAction
What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change? What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?
Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Wen Stephenson discuss the truly transformative change that our climate crisis requires.
Oct 26, 2015 / Wen Stephenson, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis
Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future? Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future?
The latest IPCC report suggests that sudden climate catastrophes with irreversible consequences may not be as improbable as we once thought.
Oct 8, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet
From mommy magazines to child-development specialists, we are constantly told how to protect our children—but how do we protect them from climate change?
Oct 6, 2015 / Frida Berrigan
It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement
This is a new generation’s moment in history.
Oct 1, 2015 / Tom Hayden
Volkswagen Lied and Cheated 11 Million Times. Will Anyone Go to Jail for That? Volkswagen Lied and Cheated 11 Million Times. Will Anyone Go to Jail for That?
If history is any guide—no.
Oct 1, 2015 / Jamie Lincoln Kitman
How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East
We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”
Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin
This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania
John Fetterman talks inequality, immigration, drug legalization, same-sex marriage, “bittergate,” and how to revive post-industrial America.
Sep 25, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel