With Air-Conditioning, Have We Passed the Point of No Return? With Air-Conditioning, Have We Passed the Point of No Return?
Consider it the feedback loop from hell: The greenhouse gas emissions air-conditioning releases ensure that we will continue to rely on it.
Jun 17, 2024 / Stan Cox
Elon Musk’s Creepy Workplace Is Techno-Feudalism in Action Elon Musk’s Creepy Workplace Is Techno-Feudalism in Action
Multiple harassment allegations illuminate why the tech mogul has embraced Trumpism.
Jun 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer
We Need a Project 2025 for the Left We Need a Project 2025 for the Left
The right has a blueprint for the future. Where’s ours?
Jun 13, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
Has NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing For Good? Has NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing For Good?
Or just until after the election? Either way, she’s blown a $15 billion hole in the MTA budget, leaving New Yorkers with overcrowded streets, filthy air, and an underfunded subwa...
Jun 11, 2024 / Ross Barkan
The Supreme Court Could Make Encampment Sweeps Even More Dangerous The Supreme Court Could Make Encampment Sweeps Even More Dangerous
Unhoused people face significant health risks from encampment sweeps. Grants Pass v. Johnson threatens to make them much more common.
Jun 10, 2024 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether
Why Plutocrats Are Rallying to Trump Why Plutocrats Are Rallying to Trump
Civic lessons won’t sway America’s oligarchs. Instead, we need forthright economic populism to bring them to heel.
Jun 10, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Pregnant Workers Are Seeking Justice After Being Penalized on the Job Pregnant Workers Are Seeking Justice After Being Penalized on the Job
According to complaints filed by the legal organization A Better Balance, Chick-fil-A and Amtrak have violated the protections guaranteed in the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Jun 5, 2024 / Bryce Covert
Prison Violence at Green Haven Correctional Facility Prison Violence at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Brutality out of sight… out of mind?
Jun 5, 2024 / OppArt / Hector Manuel Rodriguez
Project 2025 Has Bad Medicine for HHS Project 2025 Has Bad Medicine for HHS
Under Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services would become the “Department of Life” once again—and worse.
Jun 4, 2024 / Feature / Joan Walsh