The Biden administration will be spending hundreds of billions of dollars on addressing the climate crisis. But what does that mean for communities around the United States?
The Green New Deal Goes Local
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Environment
Turning People into Corporations?!
The market is not the go-to solution to the major problems of our age.
The Troubling Message of Biden’s Trip to Saudi Arabia
The fossil fuel industry’s global links to political violence and repression couldn’t be clearer. Unfortunately, the U.S. is enabling it.
Biden’s Meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince Risks Becoming a Gift to Autocrats
Biden wants Saudi help to strengthen the alliance against Russia. But if he reduces the war to geopolitics, autocrats will rejoice.
Latin America’s New New Left
The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country–and for the whole region.
Mining Resistance from Alberta to Argentina
In Patagonia, an Indigenous community’s fight against repressive mining interests mirrors struggles across the hemisphere.
The Rare Earth Dilemma
The United States is increasingly worried about China’s near-monopoly on the mining and processing of these strategic minerals.
‘Open Your Hearts’: The Movements Taking Climate Action Where Leaders and Media Won’t
The world’s most existential crisis has all but fallen off Washington’s agenda. But campaigners are finding success in more immediate targets.
The Struggle for What’s Essential
Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning.
Herman Daly: An Economist for Eco-Social Activists
A new book explains how an economist, in challenging the orthodoxy, has helped activists change the world.