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"The Pain Remains": The Living Literature of War

Nick Turse

Do you remember July 8, 2011? Where you were? What you did? Whom you talked to? Anything at all?

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Jobs, the Environment, and a Planet in Crisis

Aviva Chomsky

When it comes to heat, extreme weather, wildfires, and melting glaciers, the planet is now in what the media increasingly refers to as “record” territory, as climate change’s momentum outpaces predictions. In such a situation, in a country whose president and administration seem hell-bent on doing everything they conceivably can to make matters worse, the Green New Deal (GND) seems to offer at least a modest opening to a path forward.

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Lifeboat Earth: Is China or the Green New Deal the Answer to Climate Change?

John Feffer

At its best, the Earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common good. Thanks to climate change, this metaphor no longer works. Our planet is now more like a lifeboat that’s sprung a major leak. People onboard are beginning to panic and the clock is ticking.

It is, however, the perfect environment to test out the best way to deal with life-and-death situations.

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