Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It. Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It.
From now to COP26 in November journalists should focus especially on climate justice and climate solutions—and we should play the story so much bigger.
Aug 12, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
“This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science “This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science
The United Nations’ latest climate report says capping global temperature rise at 1.5° C is imperative—and still within reach through immediate, aggressive action.
Aug 9, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
Is the Shine Starting to Come Off Bill Gates’s Halo? Is the Shine Starting to Come Off Bill Gates’s Halo?
The billionaire’s role in perpetuating vaccine apartheid in the name of protecting intellectual property rights has begun to draw criticism.
May 7, 2021 / Tim Schwab
Yes, Israel Is Obviously an Apartheid State Yes, Israel Is Obviously an Apartheid State
The Human Rights Watch report is a valuable, sober, and deliberately uninflammatory piece of scholarship—which won’t make a damn bit of difference.
May 5, 2021 / Eric Alterman
The Suffering Underclass of War-Torn Yemen The Suffering Underclass of War-Torn Yemen
“I feel the pain of my homeland as they do,” he said. “There’s no difference between us and them. Our only difference is the color of our skin.”
Feb 10, 2021 / Nicolas Niarchos
Biden Must Do More Than Rejoin the Iran Nuke Deal Biden Must Do More Than Rejoin the Iran Nuke Deal
We need a decisive break from the previous century of US policy toward Iran, which has been based on domination.
Jan 5, 2021 / Azadeh Shahshahani and Khury Petersen-Smith
To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger
Without intervention, world hunger will reach “biblical proportions” in 2021.
Dec 25, 2020 / Rep. Jim McGovern
UN Secretary General: Without the US in the Paris Agreement, Humanity Faces Climate ‘Suicide’ UN Secretary General: Without the US in the Paris Agreement, Humanity Faces Climate ‘Suicide’
Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within reach.”
Dec 2, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard
Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal. Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal.
The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has reached the 50 ratifications needed to become international law.
Oct 27, 2020 / Ray Acheson
Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh
How a little-understood war between Azerbaijan and Armenia threatens democracy.
Oct 8, 2020 / Viken Berberian