All Views Articles for 2019-08-27

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
At the heart of the Mauna Kea action is thus a challenge not only to a telescope, but to capital and the pursuit of unmitigated industrial growth at any cost. (Photo: Screenshot/Washington Post) Julianne Tveten
Protectors of Mauna Kea Are Fighting Colonialism, Not Science
While proposals to compromise might appear fair, protectors say, they dismiss the historical context in Hawaii of colonialism and the usurpation of Indigenous land that continues today.
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Macron’s liberalism—like that of Canada’s Justin Trudeau—is on thin ice. (Photo: Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Vijay Prashad
The G7 Countries Look Feeble—Iran and Brazil Could Shore Them Up
To think that the G7 is a serious body is to have lost one’s mind.
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John Hickenlooper Second 2020 Democratic Party Presidential Debate, Day 1, Detroit, USA - 30 Jul 2019 (Photo: Matt Baron/Shutterstock) Matt Taibbi
John Hickenlooper Is the New Joe Lieberman
What Lieberman was to antiwar Democrats, Colorado’s Hickenlooper is to environmentalists.
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The rightwing populist project beleaguering our planet is taking its toll around the world. (Photo: gSrikar) Amitabh Pal
India’s Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda
"Now Modi is the leader of a billion people who stand solidly with him."
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Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rondônia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace.) Leila Salazar-López, Lindsey Allen
We Are Facing a Global Emergency in the Amazon. Here's What We Can Do
Global solidarity with Brazil's indigenous and environmental movements can make the difference at this critical moment.
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Protected from consequences by death as his money protected him in life, David Koch is dead. (Photo: Phelan M Ebenhack/AP/Shutterstock) Sarah Jones
David Koch’s Monstrous Legacy
David Koch died before he could reap the full bounty of his works. We will not be so lucky. His legacy is poisoned water and dirty air, decimated unions, and Donald Trump.
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Karina Cardoso and Linda Nevarez hold their cellphone flashlights up during an Aug. 4 vigil in El Paso for the victims of the Walmart shooting. (Photo: Lola Gomez/American-Statesman) Jesse Jackson
Violent White Supremacists Threaten Basic Civil Rights—and Our Lives
The federal government can largely stamp out domestic terrorism—or fan the flames.
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Toronto, Canada (Photo: Shutterstock) Sam Pizzigati
Make America… More Like Canada
Canadians enjoy much better health care, much less inequality, and—a new study finds—higher incomes too.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) union workers with SEIU Local 1021 hold signs as they picket in front of the Lake Merritt station on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Rachel M. Cohen
8 Unions Have a Plan for Climate Action—But It Doesn’t Mention Fighting the Fossil Fuel Industry
While the report’s focus on public investment, good jobs and justice shares much in common with the federal Green New Deal resolution introduced in February, it also stands in tension with environmentalists who demand the U.S. work to transition more quickly away from oil, coal and natural gas.
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Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that can damage nearly every organ and system in the human body. (Photo: Joyce Zhu / Flintwaterstudy.org) Mekela Panditharatne
Flint’s Water Crisis Wasn’t Just a Blip. Our Water Standards Need Bold Change.
Federal law should not greenlight weak standards for lead in water. The Lead and Copper Rule needs bold and far-reaching change.
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