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As the World Moves Forward on Climate, Powerful Institutions Lag Behind

Roughly a decade after students across college campuses first sounded the alarm about investing in fossil fuels, divestment remains the single most powerful litmus test for climate action.
Ilana Cohen ·
Students demanding that Harvard University divest from fossil fuels block the entrance to University Hall on the school's campus in Cambridge, MA on Mar. 28, 2017. (Photo: Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas; center, fist-bumping) and Josh Hawley (Mo., directly behind Cruz) are being urged to resign for their role in inciting the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. last week. (Photo: Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images)

7,000+ Lawyers, Law Students Demand Hawley and Cruz Resign for Inciting 'Violence and Terror'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Decades of Heavy Air Pollution Could Make Some Areas More Likely to See High Coronavirus Death Toll: Study

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

New Report Offers Blueprint for a 'Clean Slate' for Workers to Fight Economic Inequality and Strengthen Labor Unions

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Harvard Law School students demonstrate against a recruitment dinner hosted by Paul Weiss, a law firm representing ExxonMobil.

Harvard Law School Students Disrupt Recruitment Event, Calling on Major Law Firm to #DropExxon

Eoin Higgins, staff writer ·

Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) testifies on the tainted water scandal in the city of Flint, Michigan, during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 17, 2016.

'Slap in the Face to the People of Flint' as Former Mich. Gov. Snyder Appointed to Harvard Fellowship

"His policies through pushing an emergency manager law led to one of the largest examples of environmental racism in this country's history. The crisis continues to this day."

Eoin Higgins, staff writer ·

Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)

Choosing #PeoplesOrientation, Pressley and Ocasio-Cortez Protest Right-Wing Backed Event for New Members of Congress

"I was sent to Washington to fight, alongside all of my colleagues—to save and to improve lives," declares Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

CIA director Mike Pompeo and other CIA officials pressured the Harvard Kennedy School to revoke Chelsea Manning's fellowship invitation.

Harvard Kennedy Succumbs to CIA Pressure, Revokes Chelsea Manning's Fellowship

It is remarkable that any former CIA director would oppose someone for "long-standing efforts" to "legitimize" their "criminal path." 

Kevin Gosztola ·

Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Protests Hit Colleges Nationwide

Jamie Henn ·