Ask a Scientist: How To Avoid Climate Disaster

Elliott Negin Union of Concerned Scientists blog
The Inflation Reduction Act's $400B investment in clean energy will make a significant dent in emissions, but not enough to meet US carbon reduction goals. A Union of Concerned Scientists team showed how to lower emission by 50 percent by 2030.

A New Class Consciousness

Andrew Elrod Dissent
There is unquestionably a new force undergirding the labor market: a new class consciousness. But leaving neoliberalism behind will require sustained collective action among millions of unorganized workers.

The Off-Year Election Variants of Mad Poll Disease

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading
In the 2022 elections, the mainstream media’s lodestar was polling that made it seem like voters didn’t want to hear any more about Trump and January 6th. Tuesday’s election returns confirmed a different anti-MAGA reality.

The American Political Sestina

Alexandra Umlas Rattle
Poet Alexandra Umlas uses the subtle form, a sestina, to convey the tenuous substance of American political poetry.

No Endgame in Gaza

Fintan O’Toole New York Review
After weeks of bombardment and thousands of deaths, what are Netanyahu’s political and ethical limits?