Christie’s Broken Promise Christie’s Broken Promise
Although the New Jersey governor tackled Hurricane Sandy recovery head on, he has refused to similarly address the climate change that will make these storms more common.
May 14, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Progressive Voice From New Mexico Joins the Senate A New Progressive Voice From New Mexico Joins the Senate
One of the youngest and poorest senators, Martin Heinrich rose to the top as a supporter of labor and environmental issues.
May 13, 2013 / Sasha Abramsky
As Semester Winds Down, Divestment Heats Up As Semester Winds Down, Divestment Heats Up
At semester’s end, many student leaders involved with campus divestment campaigns will graduate. But the struggle grows stronger.
May 9, 2013 / StudentNation / Kevin Proft and StudentNation
Consumer Climates Consumer Climates
Climate change and its political repercussions.
May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare
Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry
What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?
May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Wen Stephenson
The Courage to Fight Climate Change The Courage to Fight Climate Change
James Hansen bravely told the truth even when the Bush administration tried to silence and penalize him.
May 8, 2013 / Feature / James Hansen and Joseph Romm
Bill McKibben’s Call at Riverside Church Bill McKibben’s Call at Riverside Church
In a sane society, his call would be required viewing coast to coast and urgent action would immediately follow.
May 7, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
The Last Empire? The Last Empire?
Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.
May 7, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too
The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.
May 7, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It
Repression after 9/11 is nothing compared to what's come before, and our tools to fight it are greater.
May 6, 2013 / Video / On The Earth Productions and The Nation Video