Environmental Justice

Green New Deal

The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy

Climate policies that explicitly advance both racial and economic justice will help build a broader, more popular movement.

Apr 23, 2019 / Guido Girgenti and Aru Shiney-Ajay

Green New Deal

What ‘Living in Truth’ Looks Like in the Face of Climate Catastrophe What ‘Living in Truth’ Looks Like in the Face of Climate Catastrophe

Bill McKibben has shown us what it means to live within the truth of our struggle for human survival. Will a new generation find the courage to do the same?

Apr 11, 2019 / Wen Stephenson

The Road to Climate Catastrophe Runs Through a City Called Commerce

The Road to Climate Catastrophe Runs Through a City Called Commerce The Road to Climate Catastrophe Runs Through a City Called Commerce

But, if we listen carefully, the solutions to the climate crisis also come from Commerce.

Mar 26, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Mother and Child in Boston

Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe

How do you raise children under the ever-present threat of climate change?

Mar 14, 2019 / Frida Berrigan

Vanessa Nakate

Uganda’s Young Climate Activists Are Going on Strike Uganda’s Young Climate Activists Are Going on Strike

And they’re bringing a message: though Africa contributes the least to fossil-fuel emissions, it is one of the most vulnerable continents.

Mar 14, 2019 / Angely Mercado

AOC Green New Deal

How Black Lives Matter to the Green New Deal How Black Lives Matter to the Green New Deal

Ocasio-Cortez makes the case for racial justice and reparations.

Mar 14, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Alexandria Villaseñor

‘Why Go to School When You Have No Future?’: A Q&A With a 13-Year-Old Climate Striker ‘Why Go to School When You Have No Future?’: A Q&A With a 13-Year-Old Climate Striker

Alexandria Villaseñor doesn’t have time to wait until she’s in power.

Mar 14, 2019 / Editorial / Angely Mercado

Jeep in Puerto Rico

Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis

A mountain of toxic coal ash is sickening the territory’s residents.

Mar 13, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Raphael Glucksmann

Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left

A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.

Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh

Truman Rural Telephone Program

The Green New Deal Could Dramatically Expand Economic Democracy The Green New Deal Could Dramatically Expand Economic Democracy

We can accomplish great things by putting ordinary people in control.

Feb 15, 2019 / Nathan Schneider

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