Environment

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism. What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

It’s going to take global solidarity to avoid a climate-change doomsday.

Sep 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground

Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground

Sign our petition calling on the Obama administration to keep fossil fuels on public lands in the ground.

Sep 14, 2016 / no-paywall / NationAction

Dakota Access Pipeline

The Standing Rock Sioux Have Been Heard. Now What? The Standing Rock Sioux Have Been Heard. Now What?

Construction on a part of the Dakota Access Pipeline has been suspended, but protesters aren’t going anywhere. 

Sep 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

North Dakota Wants to Arrest Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman for Engaging in Journalism

North Dakota Wants to Arrest Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman for Engaging in Journalism North Dakota Wants to Arrest Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman for Engaging in Journalism

The independent journalist was documenting private security personnel using dogs to attack Native Americans activists.

Sep 11, 2016 / John Nichols

There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein

There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein

Why? Because she protested with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Sep 9, 2016 / John Nichols

Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines

Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines

The gap between climate justice and climate policy is now so profound that it jeopardizes Americans’ rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Sep 6, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

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The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota—and the Progressive Who’s Running Against Him The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota—and the Progressive Who’s Running Against Him

He says the government shouldn’t regulate pollution, shouldn’t meddle in healthcare, and shouldn’t tell people they can’t own slaves. Lovely.

Sep 2, 2016 / Jon Wiener

Jill Stein

The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal

Plus Katha Pollitt on burkinis, and Harold Meyerson on labor victories for Labor Day.

Sep 1, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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How a Nun, a Vet, and a Housepainter Stood Up to the Threat of Nuclear Weapons How a Nun, a Vet, and a Housepainter Stood Up to the Threat of Nuclear Weapons

Dan Zak’s Almighty reminds readers that the United States’ poisonous and very expensive history of nuclear-weapons production is far from over.

Aug 31, 2016 / Frida Berrigan

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Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion

That is, unless real change comes to the economy, and fast.

Aug 31, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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