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A Tribal Nation Made Dependent on Oil and Gas Got Little Relief When the Market Crashed
When the oil boom came to North Dakota around 2008, it also came to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The reservation had long endured high levels of poverty, and drilling offered much needed relief in the form of tax revenue and royalties for those with oil on their land. “My grandmother was told she was goingREAD MORE

Why the People Who Worry the Most About Climate Change Vote In the Smallest Numbers
The 2020 election marked the first time in 20 years that Georgia sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate, and the first time in 28 years that it swung for a Democrat in a presidential race. The results represent a signal victory for progressive organizers. While Georgia had been trending blue for years, it was aREAD MORE

A Convenient Truth
There was a time when serious people could have a good-faith debate about how best to weigh the future cost of climate change against the present cost of overhauling the global energy system. Stemming the rise in temperature would not be cheap and it would not be easy, which is why Al Gore called his 2006READ MORE