On Climate Change: Which Side Are You On? On Climate Change: Which Side Are You On?
You are either on the side of your fellow citizens and residents of this planet, or you are on the side of the storms as yet unnamed.
Nov 5, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Bloomberg Backs Obama—for Precisely the Right Reason Bloomberg Backs Obama—for Precisely the Right Reason
Calling for a climate-change vote, the mayor says: “In just fourteen months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate neighborhoods—something our city government had n...
Nov 1, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Goldman Sachs Building Is Bright, but Occupy Shines Goldman Sachs Building Is Bright, but Occupy Shines
A report from Downtown Manhattan, and a Hurricane Sandy volunteer.
Nov 1, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Occupy Sandy: Occupy Wall Street Helps Storm Victims Occupy Sandy: Occupy Wall Street Helps Storm Victims
Occupy Wall Street and 350.org have teamed up with Recovers.org, a disaster relief platform, to help coordinate response to Hurricane Sandy.
Oct 31, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Romney’s Public Disservice Romney’s Public Disservice
Like the hurricane itself, slash-and-burn government hurts the most vulnerable the most, but it threatens all of us eventually.
Oct 31, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hurricane Sandy as Greek Tragedy Hurricane Sandy as Greek Tragedy
We can choose to ignore scientific warnings about climate change—or we can choose to act.
Oct 31, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard
Sandy Shows Republicans Incapable of Change Sandy Shows Republicans Incapable of Change
From climate change to emergency response, Sandy should have made Republicans rethink their positions. But it didn’t.
We Are All From New Orleans Now: Climate Change, Hurricanes and the Fate of America’s Coastal Cities We Are All From New Orleans Now: Climate Change, Hurricanes and the Fate of America’s Coastal Cities
Without immediate action, cities like New York and Washington face a future of massive levees, floodgates and ecological catastrophe.
Oct 29, 2012 / Mike Tidwell
Against the Destruction of the World and the Climate by Greed Against the Destruction of the World and the Climate by Greed
It’s time to ditch the political euphemisms, and start calling lies, theft and greed by their true name.
Oct 29, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
Weaning America Off Oil Weaning America Off Oil
STUDENT FINALIST: From foreign policy to climate change, our dependency on oil should be fueling the election conversation.
Oct 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Nikolas Angelopoulos