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Remembering John Trudell, Voice of the American Indian Movement
Submitted by David Kupfer on Fri, 12/11/2015 - 10:12amDavid KupferCover photo from Trudell's album, "A.K.A. Grafitti Man". "The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been...
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Making Animal Protection a Political Issue
Submitted by Karen Dawn on Wed, 12/16/2015 - 2:09pmKaren DawnIn July, an American trophy hunter lured a black-maned lion named Cecil out of a national park in Zimbabwe and killed him. Cecil, who was...
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Back Home, Walker Pushes What Dems Describe as “The Corrupt Politician...
Submitted by Rebecca Kemble on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 1:08pmRebecca KembleIn the wake of his failed bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker didn’t skip a beat in...
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Utah Congressman Wants to Stop Government Funding for Parks Across the Country
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Wed, 10/28/2015 - 9:47amMrill IngramThe Flight 93 National Memorial in Stoystown, PA, is one of the thousands of historical and natural heritage sites the LWCF helped...
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Climate Chaos: Stay Calm and Carry On (Progressively) in 2016
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Thu, 12/31/2015 - 12:42pmMrill IngramAlbert Goodwin's 1903 painting "Apocalypse."El Niño has made for a dramatic end to 2015. Warm ocean temps in the equatorial Pacific...
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Austerity Man
Submitted by Mark Fiore on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 8:56amMark FioreSection: ContributorsTopics: VideoEnvironmentHealth
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Building Things to Solve Problems: An Interview with Van Jones
Submitted by David Kupfer on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 11:08amDavid KupferPhoto by Merie W. Wallace Anthony Kapel “Van” Jones is among the most productive and best known activists of his generation. He joined...
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Supreme Court Stomps on Clean Power, But Many Move Ahead Anyway
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 5:18pmMrill IngramSolar panels by pgegreenenergyThe U.S. Supreme Court on February 9 threw a roadblock in the path of the most important piece of climate...
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Here Comes the Sun! A Broad Constituency Emerges in the Battle for Solar.
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 4:00pmMrill IngramPhotos by Katie Putz courtesy of RENEW Wisconsin Solar energy is one of the brightest things going—a booming business sector spawning...
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Koch Brothers Lobby for Broken Government, Burning Planet
Submitted by Mary Bottari on Fri, 04/01/2016 - 11:20amMary BottariFor too many Americans, the levers of democracy are broken. Congress and the majority of states have failed to take meaningful action...
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After the Hurricane, Worker Co-ops Rebuild
Submitted by Rebecca Nathanson on Wed, 04/06/2016 - 8:58amRebecca NathansonAP Photo/Seth WenigWhen Hurricane Sandy touched down in New York City two days before Halloween in October 2012, Luis Casco...
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The National Pollution Scandal
Submitted by Gaylord Nelson on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 10:12amGaylord NelsonCuyahoga River Fire Nov. 3, 1952. Image courtesy of Cleveland State University Library.In honor of Earth Day 2016 we share this...
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Science Rockets Ahead, Republicans Fail to Keep Up
Submitted by Mark Fiore on Fri, 05/27/2016 - 9:48amMark FioreYou may have missed it among the flood of presidential campaign news, but NASA recently announced the discovery of over twelve-hundred new...
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Make America Crazy Again
Submitted by Mark Fiore on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 9:16amMark FioreIt’s hard to keep up with the parade of craziness coming out of the Republican convention in Cleveland. Leading up to the convention,...
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New Economies for Native Nations
Submitted by Mark Anthony Rolo on Mon, 07/25/2016 - 12:42pmMark Anthony RoloImages courtesy of Intertribal Bison Council.During President Reagan’s budget-slashing years in the 1980s, American Indian...
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Alt Transit: High Speed Rail for the Midwest
Submitted by Christopher Johnson on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 12:07pmChristopher JohnsonImage of train by Karin KarinFor Rick Harnish, even to recall the experience of riding on a bullet train is thrilling....
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Fight Over Fracking Heats Up at the Democratic Convention
Submitted by Ruth Conniff on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 4:48pmRuth ConniffImage by David R. TribbleOn Wednesday, POLITICO hosted a panel on energy at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia sponsored by the...
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Natural Burial: Bringing Death Back Down to Earth
Submitted by Mark Harris on Wed, 08/03/2016 - 11:50amMark HarrisIllustration by Joe AndersonShelia Champion wasn’t surprised when she got the call saying her father had died. Her father, “Buster”...
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Mosquito Talk: Zika Forcing Conversations on Reproductive Rights
Submitted by Alice Pettway on Fri, 08/05/2016 - 2:20pmAlice PettwayImage by NYPhotographic.com“Don’t get pregnant.” Not now. Maybe not for the next eight months. Maybe not for two years.This was the...
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How Should a Fish Vote in This Election?
Submitted by David Helvarg on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 9:42amDavid HelvargEnjoying the beach in San Diego. Photos by David Helvarg.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have vastly different positions on...
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