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Incisive reporting on elections, primaries, voting rights and the party process.

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Environmental journalism that integrates the path for sustainable lifestyles and an ethical diet.

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Inspiring stories of people’s efforts to reshape and reinvest in our local economy.

Our Schools

Going to the front lines of the nationwide effort to privatize and undermine the public education system.

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Going beyond headlines, labels and caricatures to find the social, political, spiritual common ground upon which we can build a shared politics.

Economy for All

Making the case for the general welfare of American society and the world at large.

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Lifting the voices of journalists working from the continents of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to make a world free of suffering.

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Covering the disastrous war on drugs and mass incarceration it produces—and the growing movement to reform it.

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Why Las Vegas Is at the Heart of Western States’ Water Conundrums

Is Joe Biden Ready for the Urgency of the Climate Crisis?

The U.S. Will Rejoin Paris Agreement—but a Divided Congress Could Stymie Biden’s Climate Plan

Why Small Farming Is Essential for Creating a Sustainable Future

Trump Strips Protections From ‘America’s Last Climate Sanctuary’

Trump’s EPA Gives Big Oil, Big Food Permission to Dump Toxic Chemicals on Indigenous Land

ExxonMobil Claims Shift on Climate but Continues to Fund Climate Science Deniers

The Terrible True Cost of Milk, Cheese, Butter and Ice Cream

America’s Biggest Bank Makes Climate Commitments, but Big Questions Remain

A Good Way to Be Kinder to Elephants Is to Stop Riding Them

A Vote for Trump Is a Vote Against Endangered Species

If We Don’t Act Now, the Entire U.S. Could Become a “Cancer Alley”

Across the Globe, COVID-19 Puts Animal Shelters in Crisis

How the Built Environment Is Damaging Children’s Connection to Nature

The Presidential Debates Must Include Climate Change

Our Food System Is Broken and Inhumane, but It Can Be Fixed

Europe Is Perversely Causing the Destruction of U.S. Forests in the Name of Fighting Climate Change

Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People—They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity

Air Pollution From Amazon Fires Is Sickening Thousands of People

FDA-Required Tests on Puppies Slow Progress to COVID Treatment

Climate Crisis Could Wipe Out Polar Bears in 80 Years

54 Million People in the U.S. May Go Hungry During Pandemic—Can Urban Farms Help?

Trump Opens Up Arctic Refuge for Oil Drilling

Trump Administration Plan Puts Endangered Species on Path to Extinction

Community-Based Farms Rise to the Occasion as Big Food Supply Chains Stall