America can afford a Green New Deal – here's how
There are two straightforward ways to cover the cost and help accelerate the green revolution, while lowering the overall price tag.
There are two straightforward ways to cover the cost and help accelerate the green revolution, while lowering the overall price tag.
Local newspapers help protect American democracy by giving people the information they need to hold local government accountable. They also provide an alternative to national news that is often focused on partisan conflict.
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also major contributors to human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
Three economists give their own assessments of the state of the union, as well as the president’s performance so far, ahead of the State of the Union Address on Feb. 5.
Used car dealers buy old automobiles and resell them. Similarly, stock markets are places where someone sells their ownership in a company to a dealer, who then finds someone else to buy it.
Many corporations that profit from nature’s bounty are realizing that it’s time for the business world to do more about conservation.
Today, thanks to intellectual property rights and often well-intentioned laws, our ability to share seeds is restricted.
Given the concerns we’ve heard from homeowners in our research, the defeat of the fracking measure demonstrates the industry’s economic power and political clout.
Economic issues on which the election outcome will make a meaningful difference: trade and infrastructure.
As sociologists who have researched oil and gas drilling, we think this measure would enhance the rights of those who live near these sites.