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planet earth

A Gift Guide for the Whole Planet A Gift Guide for the Whole Planet

With accelerating climate change, threats against abortion rights, and need everywhere, you can make a difference by giving.

Dec 19, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt

B-52 releases MOP

Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon

It’s hard to think of a system more filthy or rotten than one that threatens to destroy most life on our planet, so that this country could in some fashion “win” World War III.

Dec 19, 2022 / William Astore

A storm in the Angeles National Forest looks like clouds on fire.

Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World Against Climate Optimism—Because “Team Normal” Won’t Save the World

Some of us refuse to go along with a mainstream climate movement that settles for genocide.

Dec 19, 2022 / Wen Stephenson

Keith Ellison

What Democrats Can Learn From Keith Ellison’s Reelection What Democrats Can Learn From Keith Ellison’s Reelection

If the Democratic Party hopes to fend off future Republican challenges to vulnerable incumbents, they could draw on Ellison’s playbook.

Dec 19, 2022 / StudentNation / Theia Chatelle

The Crypto Scandal Is Also an Opportunity for the Left

The Crypto Scandal Is Also an Opportunity for the Left The Crypto Scandal Is Also an Opportunity for the Left

Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall can help fuel a new war on plutocratic donors.

Dec 18, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican from Missouri, holding a pencil.

One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley

The Missouri Republican’s attack on Biden and corporate Democrats for stopping railway workers from striking was on-target. But if he really wants to get on the workers’ side of hi...

Dec 16, 2022 / Ben Burgis

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Scam Is Business as Usual

The legal and regulatory establishment has permitted a pattern of fraud and misrepresentation nested in the very business model of the crypto industry.

Dec 15, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Student Loan Forgiveness Protest

’Tis the Season to Talk About Student Debt Cancellation ’Tis the Season to Talk About Student Debt Cancellation

If your family has questions about Biden’s student loan debt relief over the holidays, here’s how you can respond. 

Dec 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Ian Franza and Sean Tonra

Steve Phillips on Sinema and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike

Steve Phillips on Sinema and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike Steve Phillips on Sinema and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, a look at the Democratic Party in Arizona and an update on the biggest strike in the country.

Dec 15, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Paradise, California wildfire

The Rise of the Year-Round Wildfire The Rise of the Year-Round Wildfire

Humanity may already have passed the point of simply managing ourselves out of the fiery apocalypse scientists predict we’re heading for.

Dec 15, 2022 / Jane Braxton Little

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