Dammit, Democrats! Organize a Climate Debate! Dammit, Democrats! Organize a Climate Debate!
The DNC has made a morally and practically wrong choice with its rejection of proposals for a debate on the existential issue of our time.
Jun 7, 2019 / John Nichols
Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis
The alternative is the death of millions and a world fractured by nationalism.
Jun 6, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution
“We didn’t ask to have the responsibility of protecting human civilization on our shoulders. But we’re stepping up to the plate.”
Jun 4, 2019 / Editorial / Wen Stephenson
Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue
A Nation of Elites? Katha Pollitt’s trenchant first-person account of the 1969 student strike at Harvard University [“Harvard’s Strike at 50,” May 20/27] raises a question about Th…
Jun 4, 2019 / Letters
European Elections: Rejoice or Despair? European Elections: Rejoice or Despair?
Victories on the far right and the green left mean we need a radical new vision for the future.
May 28, 2019 / Emilie Prattico
For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace
Hundreds of human-rights defenders have been killed since the accords. And Afro-Colombians like Goldman Environmental Prize–winner Francia Márquez are a particular target.
May 23, 2019 / Roosbelinda Cárdenas
What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II? What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?
The new Covering Climate Now project will help media “tell the story so people get it.”
May 22, 2019 / Covering Climate Now / Bill Moyers
Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction
Can we act in time to avoid the worst?
May 21, 2019 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Plucking the Wings off the EPA Plucking the Wings off the EPA
Corporate destruction of our environmental security.
Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right
Fighting climate change now polls as a top priority among European voters—while most far-right leaders are climate denialists.
May 20, 2019 / Paul Hockenos