2021’s biggest climate and weather disasters cost the U.S. $145 billion – here’s what...
The disasters just kept coming in 2021, from Hurricane Ida’s destruction across Louisiana and the Northeast to devastating wildfires in the West...
Bernie and nearly 140 lawmakers urge congressional leaders to fund health centers during pandemic
"Nothing is more fundamental to our recovery than the strengthening of America’s public health safety net.”
Toxic red tide in Florida kills scores of sea turtles and other marine life
"Our water and natural resources are the foundation of our economy and our way of life in Florida. So today, I’m signing an Executive Order to take immediate action to protect our environment and our water."
The 2016 Presidential Elections and the Cost of Democracy
For the moral importance of democracy is not the language of money but the ‘Will of the People.’
10 years after Occupy Wall Street, its legacy remains strong
Occupy rewrote the book on protests. It’s time to turn the page.
Populist climate action requires thinking about freedom from specific oppressors—not just species survival
The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few.
Why aren’t fossil fuel companies held accountable for missing and murdered indigenous women?
Resource extraction takes a toll on more than just the economy and the environment.
Vance’s popularity crisis: Can the RNC afford to keep him on the ticket?
Polling reveals deep unpopularity for GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, raising questions about the Republican Party’s strategy and the potential consequences for the 2024 election.
American Power Under Challenge
Yet another triumph of “humanitarian intervention,” and, as the long and often ghastly record reveals, not an unusual one, going back to its modern origins four centuries ago.
Oscar Shoutouts Roundup
Several winners at last night's awards ceremony used their acceptance speeches to speak out on causes meaningful to them.