Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution
With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.
Mar 13, 2025 / Feature / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode
The president understands that politics never stops. Democrats should do the same.
Mar 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Greenland Obsession Is All About China Trump’s Greenland Obsession Is All About China
Greenland and its resources are merely the latest potential casualty of Trump’s quest for global domination and his fear of China’s economic power.
Feb 27, 2025 / Joshua Frank
Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction
The planet’s decline is already deeply underway. Trump’s clearly about to lend it a remarkably helping hand
Jan 31, 2025 / Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry
Trump's tariffs will protect the US auto industry just long enough for it to decline into technological obsolescence.
Jan 28, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California
As the city debates how it can best address the impacts of increasingly devastating natural disasters, organizers hope to seize the moment.
Jan 28, 2025 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen and Maggie Grether
Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant
The new president uses shock and awe to claim a mandate over demoralized Democrats.
Jan 20, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny
The United States probably won’t annex Canada. But Trump’s imperial dreams are already destabilizing the world.
Jan 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals
China’s latest export restriction lays bare the complex geopolitics behind President Trump’s proposed tariffs—and the green energy transition.
Jan 2, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos
The Downsides of the Wind Energy Boom The Downsides of the Wind Energy Boom
What consequences will these massive renewable energy projects have on biodiversity?
Dec 20, 2024 / Joshua Frank