Entering Uncharted Territory in Washington
As the latest heat records indicate, we are, for the first time, on a planet in decline. And if that isn’t uncharted territory, what is?
The Choice of Patriotism
Inclusive patriotism is our national creed. It is born of hope. Mean-spirited, exclusive patriotism is new to our shores. It is born of fear.
Inauguration day protesters to face felony riot charges
“I have been representing protesters for 13 years now, and I have never seen felony rioting charges in Washington, D.C."
Bill McKibben Arrested + 56 Others in Ongoing Campaign Against Proposed Gas Storage at...
The total number of arrests in the 17-month-old civil disobedience campaign has now surpassed 500.
While America focuses on tax bill, Congress quietly tries to open Arctic refuge to...
“The oil industry and its allies in Congress may think they can sneak this past the American people...”
‘Plasticrust’: A new form of pollution is forming on this Portuguese island
This type of pollution incorporates itself right into the rocky shoreline of the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ threatens to reach the size of Massachusetts
"Low oxygen conditions started to appear 50 years ago when agricultural practices intensified in the Midwest."
And never
To keep going; fall and get up; fail and, in the end, succeed.
An invulnerable financial fortress on the sand?
Qatar has our world’s attention, but nearby — and deeply unequal — Dubai might be charting our future.
The minute Trump leaves office, investigators must pounce
This highly dangerous, very emotionally unstable man, who has committed various crimes, must not be allowed to walk away from them and continue to be a threat to this country and its democracy.