The climate threat posed by right-wing populism’s rising tide
European nationalists are not excited about the Paris Agreement.
Massive case of denial: COVID surges in US, tops 10M globally, as Pence touts...
“This has just been a massive case of denial, of idiotic government policy, of the lack of any strategic planning, any really specific strategic goal."
Activists demand climate refugees be recognized
Campaign for legal recognition of climate refugees would be a long struggle.
Why I remain hopeful
We are building a community committed to learning, with an ongoing conversation between you and me and among one another.
Dark money groups have pumped $1 billion into GOP effort to retake Senate
The finding comes a month after Senate Republicans tanked a bill that would have required dark money groups to disclose their donors and funding sources.
The freedom to freeze
In Texas, tycoons are the only winners from climate change. Everyone else is losing badly.
Will the infamous Trump-Bannon-Moore axis bulldoze the GOP?
The longer Trump lasts the worse for the GOP, but the Virginia election reversals signal the beginning of the end for Trumpery.
Don’t grade President Biden on a curve
If President Biden is pushed hard and far and persistently enough, some truly great changes are possible.
Raskin says electoral college is a ‘danger’ to democracy and should be abandoned
"We should elect the president the way we elect governors, senators, mayors, representatives, everybody else: Whoever gets the most votes wins."
Exxon fined $2M for ‘reckless disregard’ of sanctions during Tillerson era
When secretary of state was CEO of ExxonMobil, says Treasury, the oil giant showed a "reckless disregard" for sanctions