‘Poison for the people’—how an exiled activist is countering Russia’s propaganda machine
Environmental activist Evgeniya Chirikova once helped save a forest in Moscow. Now she’s trying to give voice to Russian activists and journalists resisting Putin’s regime.
Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods they cause worse...
Amphan Mark II need not be as destructive as we’ve projected if the world’s governments act now to meet Paris agreement climate goals.
New Warren bill would empower Feds to crack down on corporate price gouging
"Corporations have price gouged consumers for extra profits—and gotten away with it—for too long."
The war in Ukraine, diplomacy and the progressive left
Solidarity across borders could allow us to work together to find solutions to the problems we face in common like hunger in our own countries and the global south and the existential risk of climate change.
Sanders and colleagues introduce Medicare for All Act of 2022 in the Senate
The Medicare for All Act of 2022 would be implemented over a four-year period and would include dental care, vision coverage, and hearing aids with no out-of-pocket expenses, insurance premiums, deductibles, or co-payments,
More than 90% of Great Barrier Reef impacted by sixth mass bleaching event
"Although bleaching is becoming more and more frequent, this is not normal and we should not accept that this is the way things are. We need to break the norms that are breaking our reef.”
‘Let the floodgates open’: Starbucks union scores first wins in California
"This is a major victory," said Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat. "It's time for Starbucks to pay fair wages and treat every worker with dignity and respect."
Climate-driven drought has risen 29% this century, will create 216 mn. refugees by 2050:...
“If global warming reaches 3 degrees Celsius by 2100, as has been predicted, drought losses could be five times higher than they are today, with the largest increase in drought losses projected in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic regions of Europe.”
No victory day
Dealing with stalemates between Russia and Ukraine, environmentalists and climate change, and COVID and humanity.
$1,896,944,109,232: Time to hit reset on student debt. All of it.
In the richest country in the history of the world, it is absurd, to say the least, that we have sentenced an entire generation to a lifetime of debt simply for doing what was expected of them — getting a college education.