It’s Time for Cities to Take the Lead in the Struggle Against Climate Change It’s Time for Cities to Take the Lead in the Struggle Against Climate Change
Now that the US has abdicated its role in the fight against climate catastrophe, cities must join together to save the planet.
Jun 5, 2017 / Cities Rising / Benjamin Barber
The Way Forward in France The Way Forward in France
This week’s legislative elections offer an opportunity to steer President Emmanuel Macron in the direction of justice and away from a moneyed autocracy.
Jun 5, 2017 / Jesse McCarthy
How the States Can Still Fight Climate Change—Without the Federal Government How the States Can Still Fight Climate Change—Without the Federal Government
If states can raise taxes on socially detrimental substances like alcohol and tobacco, they can certainly do the same for greenhouse emissions.
Jun 2, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Donald Trump’s Withdrawal From the Paris Accords Is a Crime Against Humanity Donald Trump’s Withdrawal From the Paris Accords Is a Crime Against Humanity
This is murder—even if Trump’s willful ignorance of climate science prevents him from seeing it as such.
Jun 1, 2017 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard
What Can the Left Do About Trump? What Can the Left Do About Trump?
Jim Zirin in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel.
Jun 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bob Massie Is Putting Climate and Democracy at the Center of the Massachusetts Governor’s Race Bob Massie Is Putting Climate and Democracy at the Center of the Massachusetts Governor’s Race
If this racial-justice and climate activist wins the nomination, he’ll be on the ballot along with Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Jun 1, 2017 / Wen Stephenson
The Two Women’s Movements The Two Women’s Movements
Feminism has been on the march since the 1970s, but so has the conservative backlash.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Americans Are Taking to the Streets to Demand the Truth on Trump and Russia Americans Are Taking to the Streets to Demand the Truth on Trump and Russia
This Saturday, participants in the March for Truth will be insisting that only an independent investigation can restore confidence in our electoral system.
May 31, 2017 / Joshua Holland
These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now. These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now.
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Los Angeles to El Paso.
May 31, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question? To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question?
Four writers debate whether Trump's removal from office is a priority or a distraction.
May 31, 2017 / That’s Debatable / Doug Henwood, Steve Phillips, Christopher D. Cook, and Medea Benjamin