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Climate Denial Reaches Its Peak at First Republican Presidential Debate
“This sums up the Republican Party at this point,” says The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols.
15 Prisoners Died Last Year in Jail Where Trump Will Surrender Thursday
The Justice Department announced it’s opened a civil investigation into the conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail.
How Will Ecuador’s New Oil Drilling Ban in Amazon Shape the Runoff Election?
“[Whoever] wins has to comply with what the Ecuadorian people voted,” says activist Helena Gualinga.
British Columbia in State of Emergency Amid Canada’s Worst Wildfire Season Ever
Evacuation orders are in place for more than 35,000 people, and 30,000 more have been told to be prepared to evacuate.
Native Hawaiians Are Resisting Land and Water Grabs After Maui Wildfires
"Plantation disaster capitalism is, unfortunately, the perfect term for what’s going on,” says Kapuaʻala Sproat.
Leaked State Department Cable Shows US Pressuring Pakistan to Oust Imran Khan
The diplomatic cable published by The Intercept shows the U.S. wanted Khan out because of his neutrality over Ukraine.
Meet a Montanan Youth Who Just Won a Historic Climate Rights Case
A judge ruled in favor of a group of youths, including Olivia Vesovich, who sued the state for its fossil fuel policies.
Nader: Jack Smith Must Add Charge of Inciting Insurrection to Trump Indictment
If charged under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, former president Donald Trump could be barred from running again.
Colonialism Set the Stage for the Wildfire Destruction of Maui
Transformation of the island for mass tourism helped turn it into a tinderbox that has claimed 96 lives so far.
“We’re Living the Climate Emergency,” Says Native Hawaiian Kaniela Ing
Anyone in power who denies climate change is an arsonist, says Ing, national director of the Green New Deal Network.