It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them
In the wake of this year’s devastating hurricanes, cities need to focus on equity in all of their future climate-adaptation plans.
Oct 24, 2017 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit? How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit?
Joan Walsh on Weinstein, John Nichols on Trump’s generals, and Zoë Carpenter on the future of food.
Oct 19, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Why Buy a New iPhone When You Could Repair Your Old One? Why Buy a New iPhone When You Could Repair Your Old One?
The answer: Because tech companies make it as hard as possible for us to fix their products.
Oct 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen
The Future of Food The Future of Food
How do we build a just, sustainable food system?
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Raj Patel, Saru Jayaraman, John W. Boyd Jr., Lindsey Shute, Dana Perls, and Zoë Carpenter
Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future? Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?
From shucky beans to kilt lettuce, the region’s cuisine reflects a dual reality of poverty and ingenuity.
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jones
The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass
For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.
Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander
Make New York’s School-Bus Fleet Eco-Friendly, Union-Staffed, and Cooperatively Run Make New York’s School-Bus Fleet Eco-Friendly, Union-Staffed, and Cooperatively Run
Converting fossil-fuel buses to electric vehicles alone would save $39,000 over 12 years.
Sep 21, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Houston Needs an Equitable Reconstruction in the Wake of Harvey Houston Needs an Equitable Reconstruction in the Wake of Harvey
The city needs to learn from the mistakes of previous disasters and put disadvantaged communities at the center of rebuilding efforts.
Sep 12, 2017 / Michelle Chen
A Leader of the Keystone Opposition Talks About Building Progressive Coalitions in Red America A Leader of the Keystone Opposition Talks About Building Progressive Coalitions in Red America
Jane Kleeb describes her journey from Republican to Bernie Sanders Democrat—and what it takes to forge unlikely alliances.
Aug 8, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Over 3,000 New Yorkers Could Die From Summer Heat Each Year by 2080 Over 3,000 New Yorkers Could Die From Summer Heat Each Year by 2080
Unless we act now, deaths from extreme heat will become much more common as the globe warms.
Aug 8, 2017 / Michelle Chen