The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal
Only a massive, democratically elected administrative apparatus can stop climate change.
Jul 30, 2019 / John Feffer
Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics
The media seems too eager to write off his profound impact on the 2020 race.
Jul 30, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic
The Norwegian territory of Svalbard has been open to citizens of the world since 1920. But don’t call it a utopia.
Jul 29, 2019 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Eco-Apartheid Is Real Eco-Apartheid Is Real
The climate crisis is converging with a housing crisis. We need to tackle both with a Green New Deal for Housing.
Jul 26, 2019 / Daniel Aldana Cohen
The Eve of the Great Reckoning The Eve of the Great Reckoning
What would historians have to say about American society decades from now?
Jul 23, 2019 / Andrew J. Bacevich
We Need a New Manhattan Project to Combat Climate Change We Need a New Manhattan Project to Combat Climate Change
A threat this expansive requires mobilization on a mass scale.
Jul 18, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
The Street-by-Street Battle Against Climate Change The Street-by-Street Battle Against Climate Change
While the Trump administration rolls back environmental protections and flouts science, this neighborhood is actually preparing.
Jul 17, 2019 / Taking Heat / Audrea Lim
Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal
A blue-green coalition between organized labor and climate activists is no longer a pipe dream.
Jul 12, 2019 / Bob Massie
Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won
Jose Gurrola is just 25, with barely 20,000 constituents, but he’s managed to put California’s powerful oil industry on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2019 / Cities Rising / Gabriel Thompson
We Were Already Over 350 ppm When I Was Born We Were Already Over 350 ppm When I Was Born
The devastation is too great. We can’t simply slap solar panels everywhere and call it a day.
Jul 12, 2019 / Jamie Margolin