A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change
If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda, and institutional muscle to drive the debate.
Oct 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Landmark Trial of Climate Activists Puts the Political System Itself on Trial This Landmark Trial of Climate Activists Puts the Political System Itself on Trial
In a Minnesota courtroom, the Valve Turners are using the “necessity defense” in their shutdown of the tar-sands pipeline.
Oct 5, 2018 / Wen Stephenson
‘They Saw Us as a Threat When All We Wanted Was Fair Treatment’ ‘They Saw Us as a Threat When All We Wanted Was Fair Treatment’
Almost 80 percent of the Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative’s members are Native Americans—why were there so few on the board?
Sep 26, 2018 / Audrea Lim
Why the Best New Deal Is a Green New Deal Why the Best New Deal Is a Green New Deal
Energized Democrats are learning from their activist base that a sustainable and just environmental plan is not only good policy, it’s good politics.
Sep 18, 2018 / Greg Carlock and Sean McElwee
Alaska Is Ready to Move Beyond Big Oil Alaska Is Ready to Move Beyond Big Oil
Yet “climate disconnect” continues—even in the state most impacted by climate change.
Sep 14, 2018 / Kate Troll
Bill McKibben: Hurricane Florence Will Be Made Worse by ‘Stupid Political Decisions’ Bill McKibben: Hurricane Florence Will Be Made Worse by ‘Stupid Political Decisions’
The 350.org founder on the California climate summit and the importance of “keeping it in the ground.”
Sep 13, 2018 / Jon Wiener
How Bad Is Trump for the Environment? How Bad Is Trump for the Environment?
Bill McKibben on the polluter in chief, Steve Phillips on moderate Republicans, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the inequality industry.
Sep 13, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Loosen Offshore Drilling Rules? How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Loosen Offshore Drilling Rules?
Proposals jeopardize safety precautions put in place after the Deepwater Horizon blowout.
Sep 12, 2018 / Adam Federman
Trump’s Biggest Crime Isn’t Being Covered by the Mainstream Media Trump’s Biggest Crime Isn’t Being Covered by the Mainstream Media
It’s been overlooked, but it probably makes him the most criminal president in history.
Sep 6, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
The Fight to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline Continues—in the Bayous of Louisiana The Fight to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline Continues—in the Bayous of Louisiana
Time is running out for the Louisiana water protectors, but they’re not giving up.
Sep 6, 2018 / Anya Kamenetz