Environment & Health

These unchecked and unrecognized forces exacerbate the tensions of more and more people destroying life in the Mediterranean.

Paul Street: Tea Party candidates' strong desire to roll back the New Deal comes out of the GOP establishment's own creation.

You wouldn't know it by listening to right-wing media, but Obamacare is off to a great start, and more.

Beyond the well-known devastation caused by the BP oil spill in 2010, the oil and gas industry in Louisiana has also been blamed for destroying coastal wetlands that provide …

The Story of Solutions explores how we can move our economy in a more sustainable and just direction, starting with orienting ourselves toward a new goal.

Economist Dean Baker and Dr. Margaret Flowers debate the merits of the Affordable Care Act.

James Boyce: Cost-benefit analysis of carbon emissions has shortcomings.

Arnie Gundersen: Japan's PM claims Fukushima is safe but the nuclear disaster is underfunded and lacks transparency, causing the public to remain in the dark.

The action marked the culmination of months of preparation, as organizers in Montana decided on the best way to bring direct action against coal transportation to a new level.

Fukushima: Possibly the end of civilization, but whatever.