Why “The Living Mountain” Endures Why “The Living Mountain” Endures
Nan Shepard’s classic of nature writing and memoir is an education in how to reorient one's attention to a landscape and its lifeforms, human and nonhuman.
Mar 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jenny Odell
Parts of LA Are Not Going to Be Habitable Parts of LA Are Not Going to Be Habitable
Insurers have figured out that risk is too high in parts of California. We need to re-conceive how people are housed, and fast.
Mar 12, 2025 / Column / Kate Wagner
Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels… Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels…
…and the oil companies are drug dealers.
Mar 7, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Trump’s Deadly Assault on Weather Reporting Trump’s Deadly Assault on Weather Reporting
I’m a meteorologist, and breaking NOAA would undermine journalists’ ability to cover the story our audiences care about most.
Mar 6, 2025 / David Dickson
With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode
The president understands that politics never stops. Democrats should do the same.
Mar 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump Undoes Environmental Protections Trump Undoes Environmental Protections
Denying reality as climate disasters spread.
Feb 28, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Trump’s Greenland Obsession Is All About China Trump’s Greenland Obsession Is All About China
Greenland and its resources are merely the latest potential casualty of Trump’s quest for global domination and his fear of China’s economic power.
Feb 27, 2025 / Joshua Frank
February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now
The reliable knot that pulls together the threads of basic human life in America is beginning to unravel, and there suddenly arises the possibility that the center will not hold.
Feb 26, 2025 / Susan Brind Morrow
The First Amendment vs. the Wannabe King The First Amendment vs. the Wannabe King
What are the climate implications of Donald Trump punishing the Associated Press?
Feb 20, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope