How to Socialize America’s Energy
No amount of private-sector innovation will expand renewables’ use to anywhere near the scale needed to avert climate catastrophe, let alone advance a just transition. Here are some alternatives.
Winter 2025
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Beyond the Polluters
Bernie Sanders’s climate plan offers a welcome alternative to the vagueness of the Paris Agreement. But to win over a broader public, a leftist climate agenda will require a vision of a “just transition” that goes beyond our energy system.
Remembering Grace Lee Boggs and Her Role in the Black Freedom Struggle
Among her many achievements, Grace Lee Boggs should be remembered for her deep involvement in Detroit’s black freedom movement and role in articulating a new brand of class politics rooted in the experience of black workers.
A Generation’s Call: Voices from the Student Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
On the heels of last weekend’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Convergence, we hear from two students active in campus and national divestment efforts. Chloe Maxmin sketches the contours of a rapidly growing movement and examines the case of Harvard. Kate Aronoff argues that students must situate themselves carefully within social movement strategy if they are to effectively leverage the power of their institutions.
