Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline
The grassroots victory shows that concern for fundamental issues such as health and clean water transcends party politics.
Feb 2, 2012 / The Nation
Transpartisan Politics on the Plains Transpartisan Politics on the Plains
The Keystone fight showed ordinary Nebraskans their power. Will their unlikely alliance stick?
Jan 31, 2012 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander
Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement
Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.
Jan 23, 2012 / Ellen Cantarow
On the Plains, a Rare Chance at Trans-Partisan Politics On the Plains, a Rare Chance at Trans-Partisan Politics
In Nebraska, the Keystone XL fight opened up the sense that ordinary citizens with little money could wield political influence. Can the improbable alliance stick together?
Jan 12, 2012 / Madeline Ostrander
Buying Congress in 2012 Buying Congress in 2012
Time to stop being cynical about corporate money in politics and start being angry.
Jan 5, 2012 / Bill McKibben
The Keystone Victory The Keystone Victory
The moment couldn't have been more ripe for a real advance in the fight against climate change.
Nov 16, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard
Capitalism vs. the Climate Capitalism vs. the Climate
Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.
Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Stop the Pipeline: The Rise Against Keystone XL Stop the Pipeline: The Rise Against Keystone XL
The next step for Tar Sands Action will take place on November 6 at the White House where thousands of concerned citizens will implore President Obama to say no to the pipeline an...
Oct 19, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Remembering Green Belt Movement Founder Wangari Maathai Remembering Green Belt Movement Founder Wangari Maathai
The best way to remember Maathai is to support the Green Belt Movement, which she founded and in which she invested her life hopes.
Sep 26, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Stop the XL Pipeline Stop the XL Pipeline
We deserve an emergency response to an emergency.
Sep 20, 2011 / Peter Rothberg