Why Do People Succeed or Fail in Life? Your Answer Matters
Co-published with Greater Good Magazine. Are people in control, or do external forces shape our lives? Our "attributions" affect how compassionate we are to ourselves and others.
HUD Takes on Climate Crisis with a New Retrofit Program
Co-published with Grist. The federal initiative will reach only hundreds out of the 24,000 properties that need upgrades.
How Air Pollution and the Housing Crisis Are Connected
Co-published with Grist. When you're homeless, dangerous air isn't just during wildfire season.
Parajoâs Quest to Rebuild
Co-published with Mother Jones. After historic flooding, the California migrant farming community is trying to recoverâeven if help from FEMA is scarce.
Erosion and sea-level rise are coming for their Louisiana home. Theyâre staying anyway.
Co-published with Grist. For members of Louisiana's Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, relocating means a lot more than simply packing up and moving.
Overproduction and Its Discontents
Co-published with The Baffler. All economic systems have problems of scarcityâbut only capitalism also has problems of abundance.
Disaster debris is pushing Puerto Ricoâs landfills to the brink
Co-published with Grist. As more intense hurricanes strike the island, there is nowhere for the waste to go. Composting could be the solution.
A Smoldering Threat to Wildland Firefighters
Co-published with High Country News. Long COVID affects more than 16 million Americans, and firefighters are at increased risk of getting it.
Louisianaâs $2-Billion Gamble: Flood the Land to Save the Coast
Co-published with Scientific American. A new engineering project would bring much-needed land to eroding marshes but at a huge cost to the fishing industry.
Can This Tribe of âSalmon Peopleâ Pull Off One More Win?
Co-published with The New York Times. The Lummi Nation has a long, proud history of contesting ecologically unfriendly projects. Will it succeed against yet another threat?
Canât See the Forest for the Trees
Co-published with The American Prospect. A proposed wood pellet plant in North Carolina would increase air pollutants in a majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.
Black Families Passed Their Homes From One Generation to the Next. Now They May Be Lost.
Co-published with The Guardian. Unstable property rights mean Black southerners may survive a flood but lose their home, and itâs causing the racial wealth gap to grow larger.