What Your Cheap Clothes Cost the Planet What Your Cheap Clothes Cost the Planet
A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage.
Dec 15, 2025 / Feature / Sachi Mulkey and Rebecca McCarthy
Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened. Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened.
Through executive orders, Congress, and a loyalist cabinet, the Trump administration has delivered big for enclaves of coal country like Colstrip, Montana. But how long can it las...
Nov 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Ezra Graham
What Was the Cybertruck? What Was the Cybertruck?
Elon Musk’s car from space offered a vision for a sustainable and autonomous future. All along, it was as awkward, easily bruised, and volatile as the entrepreneur himself.
Oct 16, 2025 / Feature / Maya Vinokour
In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated
As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be igno...
Sep 26, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin
Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe? Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe?
When shocking news about how soon civilization might collapse is overshadowed by Taylor Swift’s engagement, we might have a problem.
Sep 11, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Desperate for Fuel in Gaza Desperate for Fuel in Gaza
An extraordinary eyewitness report reveals that food isn’t the only thing Palestinians are starved of. Fuel is almost as scarce.
Jul 24, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America
Voters aren’t tuning out because they don’t care. They’re tuning out because they’ve been exhausted by fake choices, sold out by both parties, and tired of inauthenticity.
Jul 18, 2025 / Kaniela Ing
The Climate Costs of War The Climate Costs of War
Scientific analyses show that the Ukraine and Middle East wars have unleashed staggering amounts of planet-warming emissions.
Jun 20, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Climate Costs of Occupation The Climate Costs of Occupation
As Israel expands its settlements in the West Bank, it has destroyed forests and boosted CO2 emissions.
May 20, 2025 / Haitham Al-Sharif