Letters From the September 5/12, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 5/12, 2022, Issue
Housing follies... A tale of two Nations... Protest in a new era...
Aug 23, 2022 / Our Readers
Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
While the petrochemical industry keeps blowing it off.
Aug 19, 2022 / Michael Esealuka
Burning Down the House Burning Down the House
Oil profits up, life on earth down.
Aug 18, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence
Shortly before he was attacked, Rushdie joined with dozens of Indian literary artists to lament the rise of Hindu nationalism and the fragile state of the country's democracy.
Aug 18, 2022 / Pranay Somayajula
Without “Roe,” Who Is Holding Prosecutors to Account? Without “Roe,” Who Is Holding Prosecutors to Account?
A conversation with Andrea James, the executive director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, and Sakira Cook, the co–interim vice pr...
Aug 18, 2022 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act
It was the Green New Deal movement that made massive federal investment in clean energy a must-pass priority of the Democratic Party.
Aug 17, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich
Oakland’s Largest Homeless Camp Dodges the Bullet—for Now Oakland’s Largest Homeless Camp Dodges the Bullet—for Now
Under a freeway maze near a train yard, residents of Oakland’s largest and oldest encampment are being forced to leave. Where will they go?
Aug 17, 2022 / Feature / David Bacon
With This Fast-Food Bill, California Could Help All Essential Workers With This Fast-Food Bill, California Could Help All Essential Workers
Gavin Newsom may have a chance to prove his commitment to the working class.
Aug 16, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mourning the Death of Legal Choice Mourning the Death of Legal Choice
Abortion rights, 1973–2022.
Aug 16, 2022 / OppArt / Iviva Olenick
Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies Funding Climate Change Research? Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies Funding Climate Change Research?
As oil and gas companies report record profits, the Fossil Free Research campaign calls on universities to refuse their donations and maintain independence.
Aug 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen