Taking the fight directly to corporations — many of which are more powerful than governments — can be incredibly effective.
Turning Away from Fossil Fuels: Lessons from the Anti-Apartheid Movement
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The UN Crisis
This problem of rogue actors has long bedeviled the United Nations. But the rise of right-wing populists who insist on their sovereign right to do whatever they please poses an additional challenge to the international community.
Lessons from 50 Years Covering Foreign Policy
After half a century studying the issue, here’s lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly.
9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities
For just a fraction of what we’ve spent on militarization these last 20 years, we could start to make life much better.
Death and Living in the Face of Empire
Julian Aguon’s ‘The Properties of Perpetual Light’ is a thoughtful meditation on how, to understand problems at the center of a colonial society, we have to look at the margins.
The Climate Crisis and Korea
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
Biden’s Climate Pledges Are Incompatible with His Belligerence Toward China
Bipartisan belligerence and spiraling Pentagon budgets threaten to undermine global climate action just when we need it most.
Biden’s Climate Agenda—What’s Missing?
A fair-shares approach to global climate justice could help save the “net zero 2050” strategy.
Afghanistan’s Green Future?
Can Afghanistan’s mineral wealth finance a transition to a carbon-neutral future?
Water Is Life. Can We Protect It?
Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.