Climate Justice Is Central to Kate Knuth’s Bid for Minneapolis Mayor The former state legislator and resilience officer sees progressive economic policies as part and parcel of curbing climate change. Cinnamon Janzer
30 Years of Power Outages and Campaign Donations in Texas State officials funded by power companies have been warned, since at least 1989, that the power grid was at risk of failure in cold weather. They have consistently failed to act. Jerry Iannelli
California’s D.A. Association Misspent $3 million. Environmental Groups Want it Repaid A coalition of environmental groups urges the legislature to force the repayment and dissociate from the CDAA. Jerry Iannelli
Joe Biden Has to Be More Than the Man Who Defeated Trump A Democratic president who politely listens to progressive rhetoric while failing to act on it is one who just watches the planet burn a little more slowly. Jay Willis
The Senate Filibuster Is Hollowing Out American Democracy If Democrats win control of the Senate, allowing this archaic tradition to survive will make everything of significance the party hopes to accomplish virtually impossible. Jay Willis
In Effort to Slow Climate Change, Texas Democrat Seeks Seat On Oil Regulation Board Chrysta Castañeda wants to use the state Railroad Commission’s powers to stop energy companies from engaging in environmentally harmful practices like burning excess gas. Jerry Iannelli
From Criminal Justice Reform To Protecting The Democracy, Mondaire Jones Wants To Bring ‘Big Structural Changes’ To Congress Jones, who is running in New York’s 17th District, says fighting systemic racism and hyperpartisanship are top priorities. Lauren Gill
A New Law To Help Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Is Far More Limited Than It Seems California just made it a tiny bit easier for formerly incarcerated people to become civilian firefighters. But the law still leaves many obstacles in their path. Jay Willis
Cops, Climate, COVID: Why There Is Only One Crisis Although the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis are both provoked by natural phenomena, the dangers they present are just as political as the crisis of police violence. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
As It Prepares For A Hurricane, South Carolina (Once Again) Does Not Evacuate A Prison Vaidya Gullapalli
‘Safer to Leave Them There’ How the politics of storm preparation reveal whose lives matter, and who gets left behind. Kate Aronoff
