“Queen Sugar” Author Natalie Baszile on How Black Farmers Can Help Save the Planet
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Harper Collins Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Natalie Baszile knew she was onto something when she got the call from Oprah’s people. A novelist and food justice activist, Baszile had been…
America’s New Climate Normal: Sweltering
Rising temperatures mean more wildfires, like this one in Riverside, California in 2019.Will Lester/SCNG/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In case you needed further proof that the world is heating up, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Arizona Republicans Make Climate Fears Their Latest Anti-Immigrant Tactic
The Specter Of ‘Ecofascism’ It is also a sign that a more nefarious ideological view could be making its way into mainstream politics: the idea that the response to ecological collapse and rising seas should be to limit who gets a seat in a finite number of civilizational lifeboats. That view has already gained traction…
A Call to Return Land to Tribal Nations Grows Stronger
Native American protesters and supporters gather at the Black Hills, now the site of Mount Rushmore, on July 3, 2020, in Keystone, South Dakota.Micah Garen/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Land Back, a call to restore…
Climate Nothingburger Shows Republicans Need “a New PR Agency”
Brendan Fitterer/ Tampa Bay Times/ Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At a major summit hosted by Joe Biden last week, a procession…
The Top 11 Climate Actions of Joe Biden’s First 100 Days
President Biden at last week’s virtual Leaders Summit on Climate. Anna Moneymaker/CNP/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.President Joe Biden took over at a moment of existential threat, when the long-term ability of humans to thrive…