“We are the Future Voters”: Thousands of Kids Flooded New York City to Protest Climate Change
Pablo Monsalve/Getty An estimated 60,000 New Yorkers flooded the streets of lower Manhattan to protest climate change Friday, where the late September sun warmed the city to nearly 80 degrees. In New York, as in countless places around the world, people ditched school and work to take part in the Global Climate Strike to push for meaningful…
In Trump’s Brawl With California, the Law Is With California—but Will That Matter?
Bruce Chambers/Orange County Register/AP The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it will revoke California’s waiver that allowed the state to enforce its own tailpipe greenhouse gas emission standards. On Friday, California and 23 other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to challenge the move. When the Trump administration announced it would roll…
Why Would Trump Make Migrants Seek Asylum in El Salvador? To Kill the Asylum System.
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan and El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill sign a migration agreement on Friday in Washington, DC.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP On Friday morning, the Department of Homeland Security tweeted a message featuring a gif of Kermit the Frog banging away at a typewriter, accompanied by the text, “DHS…
Cory Booker Says Any Serious Climate Plan Has to Include Nuclear Power
Mark Helenowski, Mother Jones Among the 2020 presidential candidates, Cory Booker stands out for his record of advocating for the people who bear the brunt of pollution and toxic waste. Before his presidential run, he traveled to Louisiana, North Carolina, and Alabama to inform a sweeping bill that codifies the federal government’s requirement to incorporate…
You’ve Got to See These Inspiring Photos to Understand the Scale of Today’s Global Climate Strikes
Protestors fill the streets of Frankfurt, Germany for the World Climate Strike.Andreas Arnold/Zuma In a remarkable display of global collective action, hundreds of thousands of people around the world skipped school and work on Friday to protest the lack of meaningful governmental action against climate change. The Global Climate Strike, a youth-led movement that has partnered with…
The Bizarre Trump-Fueled Backlash to Healthy School Lunches
Party of One Studio Back in 2010, then–first lady Michelle Obama launched a nefarious scheme to turn school cafeterias into liberal indoctrination zones. Or at least that’s how Obama’s right-wing opponents portrayed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, a law she spearheaded that gave the National School Lunch Program its first nutritional update in more than…