The esteemed historian of slavery and capitalism Walter Johnson had a great Boston Review piece a couple of weeks ago about how the legacies of racism are going to determine who suffers the greatest i
Yep, world is going great! You could be walking around Antarctica in a T-shirt. A record-breaking temperature reading taken at an Argentinian research station on the continent Thursday clocked in at 1
Amazingly, impeachment isn’t even close to the most important story in the world right now. Each year, the United Nations holds a conference on climate change to try to nudge the biggest pollute
The planet is dying and we pay absolutely no attention. The world’s oceans are struggling to breathe, rapidly running out of oxygen at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is dangerously exacer
Rare good news out of the financial sector. Earlier this year, one of Meryam Omi’s deputies at Legal & General Investment Management sat down with board members and managers from Exxon Mobil Cor
What is the market for an op-ed by a rich white woman talking about escaping the European heat wave in her own personal cave and why did the New York Times see fit to publish it? My air-conditioning i
David Roberts has a good run-down of a recent report on what is going on in the battle for renewable energy. If you squint, you can find some good news. China is making a lot of progress. More electri
It’s pretty much always wildfire season now, but with Memorial Day weekend here, it’s worth reviewing how fire and climate change works together. While forest management and human developm