Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future? Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future?
The latest IPCC report suggests that sudden climate catastrophes with irreversible consequences may not be as improbable as we once thought.
Oct 8, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet
From mommy magazines to child-development specialists, we are constantly told how to protect our children—but how do we protect them from climate change?
Oct 6, 2015 / Frida Berrigan
It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement
This is a new generation’s moment in history.
Oct 1, 2015 / Tom Hayden
Volkswagen Lied and Cheated 11 Million Times. Will Anyone Go to Jail for That? Volkswagen Lied and Cheated 11 Million Times. Will Anyone Go to Jail for That?
If history is any guide—no.
Oct 1, 2015 / Jamie Lincoln Kitman
How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East
We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”
Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin
This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania
John Fetterman talks inequality, immigration, drug legalization, same-sex marriage, “bittergate,” and how to revive post-industrial America.
Sep 25, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Hillary Clinton Got to ‘No’ on Keystone How Hillary Clinton Got to ‘No’ on Keystone
‘‘Just plain old organizing is often what starts to change political reality,” says Bill McKibben
Sep 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People
What once seemed unexpected is no longer unthinkable.
Sep 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did the Fish and Wildlife Service Just Doom This Bird to Extinction? Did the Fish and Wildlife Service Just Doom This Bird to Extinction?
Big Oil was desperate to keep the sage grouse off the endangered-species list. Here’s why.
Sep 22, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias
Iran Will Soon Be a Corporate Gold Mine—and for Once, the GOP Doesn’t Care Iran Will Soon Be a Corporate Gold Mine—and for Once, the GOP Doesn’t Care
With the easing of sanctions, countries are rushing to invest, but Republicans are still caught up in a paroxysm of Islamophobia.
Sep 21, 2015 / Juan Cole