Business & Economy

Here and There, Organic Farming Still Thrives in Heart of U.S. Corn Country

WEST BEND, Iowa — People searching for ways to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land and water may want to visit Clear Creek Acres in...

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove...

Study: End World Bank Support for Factory Farming

Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of the climate crisis. According to a recent World Bank report,...

Trump and the Twilight of the Postwar Transatlantic Order

For decades, Europe’s security and prosperity have been anchored in its junior partnership with the United States. Trump’s...

Trump Can’t Stop the Clean Energy Revolution

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. During his first time around as president,...

The Wonks Who Refuse to Apologize for NAFTA

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. In this recent appearance on Ezra Klein’s podcast, Harvard economist and Obama admin enforcer of neoliberal consensus Jason Furman...

A System of Special Rights for Corporations Has Come for Honduras

This article originally appeared at Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. For...

AI Is Pushing Gas Demand to ‘Record Highs’

TC Energy, the Calgary company behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet’suwet’en First Nation territories in British Columbia and the failed Keystone XL oil...

The Regulatory Failure Behind a Georgia Chemical Plant Catastrophe

This article was originally published by the Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for the Lever‘s free newsletter. A year before a Georgia...

The Regulatory Failure Behind a Chemical Plant Catastrophe

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever‘s free newsletter.A year before a Georgia...

Tentative Deal Reached To End Dockworkers Strike

The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers suspended its strike on Thursday after reaching a tentative agreement with shipping giants that reportedly includes...