Iran Has Called Washington’s Bluff Iran Has Called Washington’s Bluff
At the UN, Tehran is challenging the Europeans to defy Washington—and the attack on Saudi oil installations demonstrates that Iran can fight back against US sanctions, whether dire...
Sep 23, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss
Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN
Senior UN official confirms White House booked a room so Trump can attend a gathering in the same building as the summit.
Sep 20, 2019 / Oliver Milman
‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’ ‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’
Strikers took to the streets around the world today to demand climate action now.
Sep 20, 2019 / Alice Markham-Cantor
With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Roundups of the homeless, destruction of environmental and housing safeguards, collusion with foreign despots to savage reproductive rights—the president is an outlaw.
Sep 20, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Plastic Straw Man Plastic Straw Man
Or, how the right turns reason into treason.
Sep 20, 2019 / OppArt / Jen Sorensen
The US Navy Has a Water Problem The US Navy Has a Water Problem
The Second Fleet was reactivated to patrol the Arctic. Only problem is, the fleet’s home is on the front lines of sea-level rise: Naval Station Norfolk.
Sep 19, 2019 / Dave Lindorff
It’s Time to Shed Light on Our Elite Institutions’ Dirty Money It’s Time to Shed Light on Our Elite Institutions’ Dirty Money
Currently, 99 percent of Harvard’s endowment remains hidden from the public.
Sep 19, 2019 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
Fueling Extinction Fueling Extinction
The EPA removes methane regulations.
What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like? What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?
The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.
Sep 19, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today 23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today
Take to the streets.
Sep 19, 2019 / Bill McKibben