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Environment & Health

A Third of the Himalaya Ice Cap Will Melt by 2100

Truthout’s Dahr Jamail discusses climate change and his newest book.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
February 12, 2019
Truthout
Excerpt
Environment & Health

In Facing Mass Extinction, We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve

“Grief is a way to honor what we are losing,” writes Dahr Jamail.
by
Dahr Jamail,
The New Press
January 17, 2019
Truthout
Review
Environment & Health

The World Will End in Fire

The vanishing of ice from Earth is helping to rapidly render this planet uninhabitable.
by
David Swanson,
Let's Try Democracy
January 16, 2019
Truthout
Interview
Politics & Elections

The Age of Technology Requires Us All to Reimagine Politics

We must be able to think critically about social changes caused by digital technology.
by
Samantha Borek,
Truthout
January 13, 2019
Truthout
Excerpt
Politics & Elections

For Tech Firms, Power Lies in the Coding

Power lies with those who control technology, not necessarily those who own it.
by
Jamie Susskind,
Oxford University Press
January 10, 2019
Truthout
Interview
Environment & Health

Until We Confront Capitalism, We Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis

Author Simon Pirani explains what must be done to halt runaway greenhouse gas emissions.
by
Anton Woronczuk,
Truthout
December 16, 2018
Truthout
Excerpt
Environment & Health

How We Stop the World From “Burning Up”

Whether we stop runaway carbon emissions is dependent on how deeply we transform society as a whole.
by
Simon Pirani,
Pluto Press
December 13, 2018
Truthout
Interview
LGBTQ Rights

The LGBTQ Movement Needs to Revisit Its Radical Past to Thrive

Author Roderick A. Ferguson discusses the commodification of queerness.
by
Samantha Borek,
Truthout
December 2, 2018
Truthout
Excerpt
LGBTQ Rights

Gay Emancipation Goes to Market

In this excerpt, Roderick A. Ferguson examines the beginnings of depoliticization in the LGBT movement.
by
Roderick A. Ferguson,
Polity Press
November 29, 2018
Truthout
Review
War & Peace

This 2019 Peace Calendar Reminds Us That We Are Not Alone

The voices of resistance are heard and amplified by one another, the calendar reminds us.
by
Samantha Borek,
Truthout
November 13, 2018
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