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How Do You Decide to Have a Baby When Climate Change Is Remaking Life on Earth?

How Do You Decide to Have a Baby When Climate Change Is Remaking Life on Earth? How Do You Decide to Have a Baby When Climate Change Is Remaking Life on Earth?

Any child born now could, by midlife, see massive storms inundate coastal cities and the Great Plains turn to dust. Could I have one, knowing I might not be able to keep her safe?

Mar 24, 2016 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

Food stamps

Thousands of Americans Are Hungry Because of This One Law Thousands of Americans Are Hungry Because of This One Law

If Congress is serious about criminal-justice reform, it should repeal the felony drug ban.

Mar 23, 2016 / Jeremy Haile

Obama at a baseball game in Havana

Major League Baseball in Havana, 17 Years Ago Major League Baseball in Havana, 17 Years Ago

In 1999, the Baltimore Orioles played the Cuban National baseball team, helping lay the groundwork for this week’s remarkable events in Havana.

Mar 23, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Donald Trump

Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy

Trump’s challenge to 20-year bipartisan consensus may finally produce the missing public debate.

Mar 23, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina

How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina

The publication of secret US documents should not only reveal evidence regarding the dictatorship’s unresolved crimes but expose further details about US complicity.

Mar 23, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh and Carlos Osorio

There Goes the Neighborhood: Turf Wars

There Goes the Neighborhood: Turf Wars There Goes the Neighborhood: Turf Wars

In episode 3, we go back to the founding of East New York and meet the people who have been organizing since the 1960s.

Mar 23, 2016 / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright

Even ‘The Guardian’ Needs Its Readers to Pay for Journalism

Even ‘The Guardian’ Needs Its Readers to Pay for Journalism Even ‘The Guardian’ Needs Its Readers to Pay for Journalism

The best news organization in the world, backed by a billion-dollar trust, will lay off 250 workers.

Mar 22, 2016 / Mark Hertsgaard

Ted Cruz speaks on Brussels

Ted Cruz’s Radical New Proposal: Patrol and ‘Secure’ Muslim Neighborhoods Ted Cruz’s Radical New Proposal: Patrol and ‘Secure’ Muslim Neighborhoods

It’s not clear what he even means.

Mar 22, 2016 / George Zornick

Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil

Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil

You wouldn’t know it from reading the media, but huge numbers have turned out to preserve the rule of law and the gains of social democracy.

Mar 22, 2016 / StudentNation / Greg Grandin

Congressional Progessive Caucus

This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible

The remarkable CPC People’s Budget is an urgent call for the kinds of bigger, bolder reforms that can make our lives better. 

Mar 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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