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Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

A true commitment to climate justice is much broader: It necessarily entails building local resilience to climate impacts.

May 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Matthew Sehrsweeney

Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’

Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’ Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’

Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.

May 5, 2021 / Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry

Representative Jamaal Bowman

Jamaal Bowman Explains How Progressives Will Make Biden’s Presidency Even Bolder Jamaal Bowman Explains How Progressives Will Make Biden’s Presidency Even Bolder

In response to the president’s address and in an exclusive interview with The Nation, the new congressman calls for transformative change.

Apr 29, 2021 / John Nichols

George Floyd

George Floyd George Floyd

Black Lives Matter.

Apr 28, 2021 / OppArt / Isis Davis-Marks

St. Louis Jail Disturbance

At the St. Louis City Jail, Inmates Have Been Pushed to the Brink At the St. Louis City Jail, Inmates Have Been Pushed to the Brink

Hundreds of detainees in the St. Louis City Justice Center have been waiting over a year for their day in court.

Apr 28, 2021 / Clark Randall and Luce Curtis

Exit

Exit Exit

After forever.

Apr 27, 2021 / OppArt / Steve Sack

New York City Voter

How Ranked-Choice Voting Is Changing Progressive Politics in New York How Ranked-Choice Voting Is Changing Progressive Politics in New York

A new voting system can transform NYC politics, if progressives make effective endorsements and educate voters on how to maximize democracy.

Apr 26, 2021 / John Nichols

To Serve and Protect? 

To Serve and Protect?  To Serve and Protect? 

Systemic racism in the police force.

Apr 26, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper, Paul Karasik, and Ron Hauge

Dianne Morales

Dianne Morales Looks for Space—and Support—on New York’s Left Dianne Morales Looks for Space—and Support—on New York’s Left

Though her mayoral campaign is still polling in single digits, Morales would represent a profound break with the city’s past.

Apr 23, 2021 / Ross Barkan

Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale’s Decades-Long Crusade for Fair Housing and the Full Promise of Civil Rights Walter Mondale’s Decades-Long Crusade for Fair Housing and the Full Promise of Civil Rights

To the end of his life, Mondale waged the battle against segregation he had joined as the sponsor of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Apr 23, 2021 / John Nichols

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