Congress Has a Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Clean and Renewable Energy by 2050 Congress Has a Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Clean and Renewable Energy by 2050
But instead of taking up the challenge of climate change, Republicans are threatening to shut down the government.
Dec 9, 2015 / Raul Grijalva, Rep. Keith Ellison, and Mark Ruffalo
How Climate Change Will Transform Work How Climate Change Will Transform Work
Workers in the Global South need more than wind turbines and high-brow organic farms—they need livelihoods that can mitigate ecological crisis.
Dec 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Once Again, California Leads the Way Once Again, California Leads the Way
Governor Jerry Brown leads in tackling catastrophic climate change.
Dec 8, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did the World’s Largest Protests Leave a Legacy? Did the World’s Largest Protests Leave a Legacy?
A new film explores the mobilizations against the Iraq war, and what current protests learned from them.
Dec 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders
Donald Trump’s Bottomless Bottom Donald Trump’s Bottomless Bottom
The GOP front-runner is tapping into a brutal xenophobia that’s at once un-American and uniquely American.
Dec 8, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Laquan McDonald and the Politics of Black Athletes Laquan McDonald and the Politics of Black Athletes
Former Chicago Bull and two-time NBA champion Craig Hodges reflects on the killing of Laquan McDonald and the role of black athletes today.
Dec 7, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court
Will Indian nations lose one of the remaining paths for bringing justice to those who commit wrongs on their land?
Dec 7, 2015 / Andrew Bard Epstein
Is This the End of the Latin American Left? Is This the End of the Latin American Left?
On Sunday, Venezuela’s right-wing party secured a majority in the country’s main legislative body for the first time since 1998.
Dec 7, 2015 / Greg Grandin
With a 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target, the Climate-Justice Movement Is Poised to Score a Surprise Win With a 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target, the Climate-Justice Movement Is Poised to Score a Surprise Win
Pressure from activists and vulnerable countries has shifted the discussion away from a 2 degrees C target—a virtual death sentence for millions of people.
Dec 7, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World? How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World?
A new collection of essays grapples with the successes and ongoing struggles of the global feminist movement.
Dec 7, 2015 / Barbara Crossette