Mark Schapiro

Mark Schapiro is a longtime environmental journalist and lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Previously he served as former senior correspondent at the Center for Investigative Reporting. This article is adapted from his recently published book, Carbon Shock: A Tale of Risk and Calculus from the Front Lines of the Disrupted Global Economy (Chelsea Green).

Air Pollution October 8, 2014

Is Pittsburgh Really Green—or Is It Just Outsourcing Its Pollution?

How Pittsburgh’s greenhouse gases became Guangzhou’s problem.

Mark Schapiro
Activism October 18, 2007

Toxic Toys

As safety scandals dampen the public's appetite for cheap imports, the European Union is raising doubts about standards and oversight in the US toy industry.

Mark Schapiro
Global Organizations December 9, 2004

New Power for ‘Old Europe’

The EU is an emerging geopolitical force that corporate America must reckon with.

Mark Schapiro
Corporations October 10, 2002

Sowing Disaster?

How genetically engineered American corn has altered the global landscape.

Mark Schapiro
Business April 18, 2002

Big Tobacco

Uncovering the industry's multibillion-dollar global smuggling network.

Mark Schapiro
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Politics April 18, 2002

Is Smuggling a Patriotic Act?

On the one-month anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tobacco industry took aim at Congress's first effort to respond to the crisis with a major piece of new legislation-what wou

Mark Schapiro
Drug War and Drug Policy September 6, 2001

Drug War on Trial

'Following the Money' can prove devastating to critics of the illegal trade.

Mark Schapiro
Media November 11, 1999

The Cable Guise

Ten years ago, as Hungary was roiling with democratic protests, the country had two television channels, both controlled by the state.

Mark Schapiro
Fiction April 29, 1999

Fading Czech Velvet

As I'm driven to the home of Ivan Klima, one of the Czech Republic's most internationally respected writers, the hand of fate slips in beside me in the taxi.

Mark Schapiro

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Mark Schapiro

Air Pollution October 8, 2014

How Pittsburgh’s greenhouse gases became Guangzhou’s problem.

Activism October 18, 2007

As safety scandals dampen the public's appetite for cheap imports, the European Union is raising doubts about standards and oversight in the US toy industry.

Global Organizations December 9, 2004

The EU is an emerging geopolitical force that corporate America must reckon with.

Corporations October 10, 2002

How genetically engineered American corn has altered the global landscape.

Business April 18, 2002

Uncovering the industry's multibillion-dollar global smuggling network.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Politics April 18, 2002

On the one-month anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tobacco industry took aim at Congress's first effort to respond to the crisis with a major piece of new legislation-what wou

Drug War and Drug Policy September 6, 2001

'Following the Money' can prove devastating to critics of the illegal trade.

Media November 11, 1999

Ten years ago, as Hungary was roiling with democratic protests, the country had two television channels, both controlled by the state.

Fiction April 29, 1999

As I'm driven to the home of Ivan Klima, one of the Czech Republic's most internationally respected writers, the hand of fate slips in beside me in the taxi.