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The lessons “Moby Dick” has for a warming world of rising waters
Aaron Sachs
"To ponder death and prepare for the worst are age-old survival strategies"
In the fight against climate change, China is doing more than you think – but still not enough
Phillip Stalley
China has taken incremental steps to address climate change, but they seem poised to do more in the coming years
California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells
Roger Bales
California farms and cities rely on water from melting snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas. The outlook is worrying
Joe Biden’s ironic “Summit for Democracy”: Sounds good, but plagued by contradictions
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Democracy is under threat around the world. But given the dire situation of the U.S., was this really a good idea?
The surprisingly hopeful moral of the UN climate summit
Carl Pope
Not all doom and climate gloom: COP26 offered us some important – and on balance, hopeful – indicators
The political divide in the United States has become irreconcilable, study says
Nicole Karlis
The U.S. is at dangerous "level of polarization,” political scientists warn
Why Christmas tree farming is actually (sometimes) eco-friendly
Matthew Rozsa
Paradoxically, the process of farming (and tossing) Christmas trees can actually remove carbon from the atmosphere
Climate change expected to cause 400 toxic California sites to flood by 2100
Adam Mahoney
Communities of color are five times more likely to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood
Stress in utero: COVID chaos and babies’ future health
Paul Tullis
The impact of unusually high in-utero stress might persist for decades in some U.S. babies born during the pandemic
How Big Tobacco used bad science to avoid accountability — and set the blueprint for Big Oil
Matthew Rozsa
The Tobacco Industry ran so that Big Oil, anti-vaxxers and e-cigarette makers could fly
A philosopher of science explains how birds perceive time and space differently than humans
Matthew Rozsa
Belgian philosopher of science Vinciane Despret spoke with Salon about her new book, "Living as a Bird"
From President Meryl Streep to an adorable pufferfish, here’s what’s new on Netflix this December
Joy Saha
'Tis the season for queer holiday rom-coms, international adventures and the inevitable return of “Emily in Paris"
Montana Democrat sounds the alarm on his party’s “doom” in rural America — but has an idea to fix it
Alex Henderson
The Democratic Party seems to have a problem with rural voters, and it isn’t getting any better
Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent
Nathanael Johnson
The evidence is clear: Forests are shifting to scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S.
Food banks are struggling to fill their shelves, and it’s not just supply chain issues
Jena Brooker
Climate change, inflation, and price gouging are also at play
“Sex Cult Nun” author on recovering from a cult: “You get to write a new story”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon talks to Faith Jones about leaving a religious cult and re-discovering who she was
Noam Chomsky discusses the path to a livable future
Stan Cox, Noam Chomsky
Linguist and public intellectual Noam Chomsky speaks with Stan Cox about the prospect of climate catastrophe
When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history
Matthew Rozsa
Lyndon Johnson did more for racial justice than any president. Was that because of his year teaching public school?
Among social scientists, a vigorous debate over loss aversion
Michael Schulson
A principle that explains decision making — from investor behavior to insurance markets — isn’t ironclad
With California’s OK, Chevron is selling oil from an illegal spill
Aaron Cantú
Two years after it began, state regulators have yet to issue any penalties for the spill
Welcome to the Martians! We now live in a world stranger than science fiction
Tom Engelhardt
In an age of surging authoritarianism, our world is increasingly like science fiction – and not in a good way
Profound climate change may be inevitable, but society can go on
Marianne Apostolides
Although the world may soon be unrecognizable, humans might be able to adapt
Beltway media’s moronic coverage of Build Back Better is cheating the nation
Bob Hennelly
Rep. Bill Pascrell says BBB could transform America more than FDR's New Deal — but the media just wants snark
Manchin and Sinema pull billionaire GOP donors as they scale back Build Back Better
Alex Henderson
"They have won growing financial support from conservative-leaning donors and business executives," the NYT reports
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