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“Regression to the tail”: How to mitigate COVID-19, the climate crisis and other catastrophes
Bent Flyvbjerg
We face even worse pandemics and more extreme climate ahead. But basic principles can help us navigate the risks
America needs a Green Declaration of Independence
Matthew Rozsa
The real threat to liberty today is not King George, but the robber-barons and corporations destroying Earth
Why environmentalists should embrace universal basic income
Tara Lohan
Why aren't more environmentalists backing UBI initiatives?
Two new climate lawsuits give Big Oil the tobacco treatment
Alexandria Herr, Zoya Teirstein
Climate lawsuits against Big Oil might be mounting a comeback.
New doc “John Lewis: Good Trouble” gives nuance to a relentless freedom fighter
Priscilla Ward
Dawn Porter's film doesn't just document the Congressman's good works, but humanizes him as a man of joy and hope
A true American monument to Trumpian times
Lawrence Weschler
Chief Justice John Roberts auditions for a spot on Mount Rushmore 2.0
Fox News host Ed Henry fired after sexual misconduct allegation made by former colleague
Igor Derysh
Henry, who was previously suspended over an affair, was terminated "based on investigative findings"
Tech barons dream of a better world — without the rest of us
Ramesh Srinivasan, Peter Bloom
Despite their promises to save the world, tech CEOs never seem to succeed. Why do we keep falling for it?
Trump’s “white power” tweet: Our president is now a white-supremacist flasher
Chauncey DeVega
It's nothing new, and it shouldn't be shocking: Winking at white supremacy is how he won in the first place
What greater good? COVID crisis unmasks America’s collective action problem
Shannon Osaka
Americans don’t always like being told what to do, even if it’s in the best interest of their communities
Hawaii’s invasive predator catastrophe
John R. Platt
Endangered seabirds can recover, but only if we control feral cats and other non-native predators, research finds
California just became the first state to require diesel vehicle manufacturers to go electric
Matthew Rozsa
California describes the rule as "first-in-the-world" and says that it will begin to take effect in 2024
Joe Biden wants to be the next FDR — but that won’t be enough to solve our crises
Matthew Rozsa
Biden is moving to the left... slightly. We'll need much more than that to fix our catastrophes
The decay of the Democrats: How the visionless party’s downslide started in 1948
John Nichols
The Democratic party has been whipsawed by campaign donors and consultants, and abandoned its progressive history
Obesity: America’s number one export?
Robin Scher
Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world.
Here’s what climate change means for wildfires in the West
Tara Lohan
Two recent studies find different factors increasing wildfire risk across California and the Pacific Northwest
Images of power: When will American politics move past spectacle and sensation?
David Masciotra
Where are the street protests for health care and debt forgiveness? Maybe we'd need a shocking viral video first
Why coronavirus cases vary wildly between U.S. states
Matthew Rozsa
As the federal government throws its hands up, state leaders wield tremendous power to save lives (or not)
This week’s primaries bode well for the Green New Deal
Zoya Teirstein
Climate advocates had hoped 2020 would be the year climate change took center stage politically
“Gangster in the White House”: Noam Chomsky says Trump is undeniably “the worst criminal in history”
Alex Henderson
The famed author explains why Donald Trump is, hands down, the worst he has ever seen
Greta Thunberg says coronavirus pandemic should be a global wake-up call to tackle climate emergency
Jessica Corbett
Thunberg reflects on her travels around the world the past year as a youth climate leader in a new radio program
The affluent are consuming the planet to death: study
Matthew Rozsa
A study argues that it is not enough to invest in green technologies; the world's affluent must stop overconsuming
How K-pop fans and TikTok users came together to humiliate Trump in Tulsa
Matthew Rozsa
The Trump campaign touted RSVPs in the hundreds of thousands, but the Tulsa rally was only one-third full
Seattle’s “autonomous zone” belongs to a grand tradition of utopian experiments
Kate Yoder
2020 is a disaster. Some people see a chance to scrap everything and start over.
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