New Medicare for All Act sets ...

Feb 28, 2019 by

“This Medicare for All bill really makes it clear what we mean when we say ‘Medicare for All.’”

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The Best Books About Climate C...

Feb 26, 2019 by

Climate change is an undeniable phenomenon. It’s accepted as truth by nearly 100% of the scientific community.

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Betsy DeVos vs. Student Vetera...

Feb 19, 2019 by

The Department of Education secretary has been uniquely brazen, and unpatriotic, in her deregulation campaign. It’s time that she answered for her actions.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Who Is No...

Feb 19, 2019 by

Baseless online conspiracies about the justice’s health marred her absence.

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Alabama Newspaper Publisher Ca...

Feb 19, 2019 by

In what continues to be a truly wild February for the books, the publisher of a small-town Alabama paper published an op-ed calling for the Klu Klux Klan to clean out Washington, D.C.—nooses preferred.

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‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ puts...

Feb 19, 2019 by

‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ puts words to a future you don’t want to live in

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The Gun Violence That’s a Bigg...

Feb 19, 2019 by

Mass killings on school grounds account for a very small percent of victims, but they capture far more public attention than other shootings.

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Climate Change Isn’t Just Fryi...

Feb 18, 2019 by

“We kind of lose our cool.”

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The Bitter Origins of the Figh...

Feb 18, 2019 by

What the battle between Herbert Hoover and FDR can teach us

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Real climate coverage names na...

Feb 15, 2019 by

But mostly, real climate journalism is about asking the right, and sometimes vexing, questions.

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A California coalition is tack...

Feb 15, 2019 by

Decarbonizing buildings: it’s tedious, but oh so necessary.

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A State of Unreality

Feb 15, 2019 by

Trump’s emergency declaration is going to run into four hurdles.

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Here’s what ‘Medicare for All’...

Feb 13, 2019 by

As the health care debate heats up, it’s time to be clear about what Medicare for All is and what it is not. Medicare for All does not mean giving…

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Organic for All: New study sho...

Feb 13, 2019 by

“Everyone has the right to clean organic food. That is a human right.”

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America’s trains are a drag. T...

Feb 13, 2019 by

High-speed trains already compete with planes in many parts of the world. They also have far lower carbon emissions.

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What a Sen. Mark Kelly Could M...

Feb 13, 2019 by

The Trump administration thinks the next frontier is the moon—but Kelly doesn’t agree.

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At UN, there’s no US ambassado...

Feb 13, 2019 by

Does President Trump want anything from the United Nations? Judging from the slow pace at which he has moved to replace Nikki Haley, experts say, not much. But that could still change.

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When Wall Street Is Your Landl...

Feb 13, 2019 by

Incentivized by the federal government, institutional investors became major players in the rental market. They promised to return profits to their investors and convenience to their tenants. Investors are happy. Tenants are not.

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New bill aims to reverse the G...

Feb 12, 2019 by

“This bill calls a halt to the Administration’s headlong rush to sell off this special wilderness to corporate polluters.”

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10 Years of Privacy Violations...

Feb 12, 2019 by

Explore the social-media giant’s troubling track record.

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US sues Lockheed Martin and af...

Feb 11, 2019 by

“This lawsuit demonstrates that the Department of Justice will work tirelessly to ensure that public funds are used for the important purposes for which they are intended.”

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Elizabeth Warren wants to ban ...

Feb 11, 2019 by

This 12-word bill could change how we use nuclear weapons.

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Key West Bans Some Sunscreens ...

Feb 11, 2019 by

“It’s our obligation.”

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Unless It Changes, Capitalism ...

Feb 10, 2019 by

Capitalism has generated massive wealth for some, but it’s devastated the planet and has failed to improve human well-being at scale.

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The More Loving One: Astrophys...

Feb 10, 2019 by

I wrote Figuring (public library) to explore the interplay between chance and choice, the human search for meaning in an unfeeling universe governed by equal parts precision and randomness, the bittersweet beauty of asymmetrical and half-requited loves…

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Elon Musk Plans To Give The En...

Feb 9, 2019 by

Elon Musk, despite all the controversies surrounding him, is a genius and a true businessman par excellence.

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Young People Really, Really Wa...

Feb 9, 2019 by

New polling data show that millennials are more enthusiastic than older generations about radical efforts to save the planet and create jobs.

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City in Arizona approves resol...

Feb 7, 2019 by

The resolution called the razor wire “not only irresponsible, but inhumane” and argues that this type of wall “is only found in a war, prison or battle setting.”

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Is employer-sponsored insuranc...

Feb 7, 2019 by

Company insurance is deeply entrenched and poses a big challenge to Medicare-for-all — but costs for those plans are on the rise.

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How Globalization Saved the Wo...

Feb 7, 2019 by

A dispatch from Davos on the verge of a nervous breakdown

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