Race Best Predicts Whether You Live Near Pollution Race Best Predicts Whether You Live Near Pollution
Environmental racism extends far beyond Flint.
Feb 18, 2016 / Bryce Covert
Flint Is the Predicted Outcome of Michigan’s Long, Dangerous History With ‘Emergency Managers’ Flint Is the Predicted Outcome of Michigan’s Long, Dangerous History With ‘Emergency Managers’
For years, I have joined voters, other elected officials, and even courts in warning that the right-wing takeover of local government would end this way.
Feb 17, 2016 / Feature / Rep. John Conyers
The Supreme Court Just Blocked Obama’s Climate Regulations. Are We Screwed? The Supreme Court Just Blocked Obama’s Climate Regulations. Are We Screwed?
It depends on who the next president is.
Feb 10, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
The Toxic Work Environments That Produce Your Pots and Pans The Toxic Work Environments That Produce Your Pots and Pans
Multinational corporations are once again profiting off of China’s dismal labor conditions.
Feb 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Flint Isn’t the Only Place With Racism in the Water Flint Isn’t the Only Place With Racism in the Water
Environmental racism is an issue of political power: Polluters and waste sites are placed where politicians expect little or no political backlash.
Feb 9, 2016 / Tracey Ross and Danyelle Solomon
How Many Flints Are There? How Many Flints Are There?
In a country where 500,000 children have substantial amounts of lead in their bodies, Flint is no anomaly.
Feb 9, 2016 / David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz
Here’s Why 2016 May Be the Most Important Election of Our Lives Here’s Why 2016 May Be the Most Important Election of Our Lives
There is so much more at stake in November than control of the Supreme Court.
Feb 4, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change? Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change?
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pursuing an investigation—one of many signs that momentum is on the side of climate-justice activists.
Feb 4, 2016 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Letters From the February 22, 2016, Issue Letters From the February 22, 2016, Issue
Responses to our endorsement of Bernie Sanders for president.
Feb 4, 2016 / Our Readers
‘Can Anybody Tell Me Why the Governor of Michigan Is Not Here Today?’ ‘Can Anybody Tell Me Why the Governor of Michigan Is Not Here Today?’
Flint residents rode buses overnight to tell Congress about how the water crisis has upended their lives. Their governor was conspicuously absent.
Feb 3, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter