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The Drying Planet

Abrahm Lustgarten, Graphics by Lucas Waldron, Illustrations by Olivier Kugler for ProPublica ProPublica
As the climate warms, new data shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying, threatening humanity’s supply of fresh water.

Rethink Sanctions. They’re Killing As Many People As War Does

Mark Weisbrot Center for Economic and Policy Research
Sanctions are becoming the preferred weapon of the United States and some allies — not because they are less destructive than military action, but more likely because the toll is less visible.

Trades Unions Are Split in Their Response to Trump

Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Keith Brower Brown Jacobin
The Trump administration is attacking jobs and wages in the building trades, as well as the rights of immigrant workers. Building trades unions have been divided over whether to try to curry favor with the president or confront the attacks head-on.