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Let This Earth Day Be The Last

Let This Earth Day Be The Last Let This Earth Day Be The Last

“Environmentalism” has failed. The planet now needs a movement far more radical.

Apr 22, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

Why TheNation.com Today Is All About Climate

Why TheNation.com Today Is All About Climate Why TheNation.com Today Is All About Climate

To underline how climate change must become everyone’s issue, we asked writers on beats not usually concerned with extreme weather to weigh in.

Apr 22, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard

‘Jobs vs. the Environment’: How to Counter This Divisive Big Lie

‘Jobs vs. the Environment’: How to Counter This Divisive Big Lie ‘Jobs vs. the Environment’: How to Counter This Divisive Big Lie

We can, and must, create common ground between the labor and climate movements.

Apr 22, 2014 / Jeremy Brecher

Concerned About Climate Change? Take Action to Stop Cove Point

Concerned About Climate Change? Take Action to Stop Cove Point Concerned About Climate Change? Take Action to Stop Cove Point

The proposed $3.8 billion liquid natural gas (LNG) export facility would do serious damage to the local environment and could put the United States on the path to massively increas...

Apr 22, 2014 / NationAction

The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External

The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External

The climate crisis has such bad timing, confronting it not only requires a new economy but a new way of thinking.

Apr 21, 2014 / Feature / Naomi Klein

Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court

Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court

Big Carbon is where Big Tobacco was, before it started losing.

Apr 21, 2014 / Feature / Dan Zegart

The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand

The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand

“It would be a mistake to think that the diplomats who sat down in Geneva this week control the situation,” says Stephen Cohen.

Apr 21, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen

Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation

Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation Rural Counties Turn to Prisons for Economic Salvation

With coal not paying the bills, West Virginia has turned to prison construction.

Apr 21, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders Obama Plans to Grant Clemency to ‘Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands,’ of Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Obama has so far granted fewer pardons than any modern US president.

Apr 21, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why Kidnapping, Torture and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington

Why Kidnapping, Torture and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington Why Kidnapping, Torture and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington

Unlike the rest of us, members of our national security state exist in what might be called ‘post-legal’ America. 

Apr 21, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

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