Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary? Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary?
Plus climate protests around the world, and Patrick Cockburn’s ISIS update.
May 19, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Future of Fossil-Fuel Divestment The Future of Fossil-Fuel Divestment
It’s an age-old tension between radicalism and reform made more urgent by the existential threat of climate change.
May 18, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin
Get Ready for a Wave of Green Civil Disobedience, America Get Ready for a Wave of Green Civil Disobedience, America
On Thursday, climate activists in the US began a week of direct action to “Break Free” from fossil fuels.
May 12, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Are Universities Actively Thwarting Efforts to Combat Climate Change? Are Universities Actively Thwarting Efforts to Combat Climate Change?
Just as the world is starting to come to its senses about climate change, universities are strangely obstructing progress.
May 12, 2016 / StudentNation / Benjamin Franta
The Anthropocene Truism The Anthropocene Truism
Humans and the environment have never been separable. But what does the idea mean for politics?
May 12, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Katrina Forrester
Only 2 Presidential Candidates Have a Plan for Coal Country Only 2 Presidential Candidates Have a Plan for Coal Country
And neither is Donald Trump.
May 10, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
This Former Fisherman Is Now Farming the Most Sustainable Food on Earth—Underwater This Former Fisherman Is Now Farming the Most Sustainable Food on Earth—Underwater
“For the first time in generations, we have an opportunity to grow food the right way, provide good middle-class jobs, restore ecosystems, and feed the planet.”
May 6, 2016 / Bren Smith and Lisa Holmes
Note to Exxon: Lying About Climate Change Isn’t Free Speech—It’s Fraud Note to Exxon: Lying About Climate Change Isn’t Free Speech—It’s Fraud
Facing hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages, the fossil-fuel giant is trying to change the subject.
May 5, 2016 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard
Letters From the May 23-30, 2016, Issue Letters From the May 23-30, 2016, Issue
Childbearing vs. child-rearing… Lost in translation?…
May 5, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers, Madeline Ostrander, and Cynthia Haven
Other Universities Are Divesting From Fossil Fuels—but Harvard Is Doubling Down on Them Other Universities Are Divesting From Fossil Fuels—but Harvard Is Doubling Down on Them
It’s time for Harvard to kick the carbon lobby out of the Kennedy School. But don’t hold your breath.
May 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Wen Stephenson