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I Quit College Basketball to Transition. This Is What the Debate About Trans Athletes Misses.

Maxwell Nagle

09.07.2026 5

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Wallace Shawn Reflects on His Art in the Age of Antagonism

Elaine Schiff

09.07.2026 3

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change

Mark Hertsgaard

09.07.2026 4

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Ruling Goes Well Beyond Sports

Elie Mystal

02.07.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

This Heat is Fatal. We Need to Talk About it.

Mark Hertsgaard

02.07.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

This Summer’s Heat Is Only the Beginning

Mark Hertsgaard

25.06.2026 7

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says New York Times Publisher

The publisher of The New York Times recently made an extraordinary speech about AI, journalism, and the public square that’s received surprisingly...

20.06.2026 30

New Republic

Mark Hertsgaard

Why Aren’t Newsrooms Covering This AI Speech?

Mark Hertsgaard

18.06.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Hottest World Cup in History

Mark Hertsgaard

11.06.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Hottest World Cup in History Has Arrived

This summer’s World Cup will be unlike any other in the 96-year history of the world’s most popular sporting event. Never before have players on...

11.06.2026 8

New Republic

Mark Hertsgaard

Why Did NPR Fire Its Climate Editor?

“It is a death sentence for us if larger nations continue to open new fossil fuel projects,” Feleti Teo, the prime minister of Tuvalu, said in...

09.06.2026 9

New Republic

Mark Hertsgaard

The Oil Era Is Ending

Mark Hertsgaard

21.05.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning

The signs now are that the hantavirus is not the next pandemic. But with 2026 predicted to be the hottest year on record, the hantavirus outbreak is a...

15.05.2026 10

New Republic

Mark Hertsgaard

Mamdani’s Balancing Act

D.D. Guttenplan

14.05.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning

Mark Hertsgaard

14.05.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Wait, Could This Be a Climate Conference That Actually Works?

Mark Hertsgaard

27.04.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

How Eating on Camera is Helping College Girls Pay Tuition

Grey Battle

27.04.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future

Elizabeth Spiers

23.04.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Earth Day Was Born in Protest

Mark Hertsgaard

23.04.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Will Lindsey Boylan Be New York’s Newest Sewer Socialist?

Ilana Cohen

23.04.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Trump Is in His Own Universe—but He’s Still Wrecking Ours

Sasha Abramsky

03.04.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The AI Boom Is a Climate Bust

Mark Hertsgaard

03.04.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Hasan Piker Threatens the Establishment. That’s Why They Want to Destroy Him.

Daniel Denvir

03.04.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Silencing Power of Big Oil’s Climate Lies

Mark Hertsgaard

19.03.2026 10

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Trump’s War With Iran Is Also a Climate War

War makes climate change worse in many ways, and vice versa. The human costs of the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran—the hundreds of people who have died,...

05.03.2026 20

New Republic

Mark Hertsgaard

The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors

06.02.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Other Heroes on the Streets of Minneapolis? Citizen Journalists

31.01.2026 30

Common Dreams

Mark Hertsgaard

Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes

29.01.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Climate Stories Are Everywhere

22.01.2026 30

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Climate Hushers Need to Get Real

15.01.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The US Is a Violent Petro-State

08.01.2026 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The UK’s Climate National Emergency Briefing Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Everyone

11.12.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Backsliding in Belém

25.11.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”

18.11.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30

13.11.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent?

07.11.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers

23.10.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Reporting the Truth When Politicians Lie

09.10.2025 30

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Why Is Taylor Swift's Engagement Bigger News Than the Risk of AMOC Collapse?

12.09.2025 20

Common Dreams

Mark Hertsgaard

Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe?

12.09.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

News Avoidance and the Climate Majority

04.09.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

“It’s a Warning, Set to a Dance Beat”: Jon Batiste on His New Song 20 Years After Katrina

28.08.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The Invisible Snakes of Climate Change

21.08.2025 30

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

What’s Next for Covering Climate Now’s 89 Percent Project

14.08.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Can Solar Energy Save Us?

07.08.2025 30

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

The World Court Adds Muscle to the Climate Fight

31.07.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Desperate for Fuel in Gaza

24.07.2025 20

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid

17.07.2025 30

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge

15.07.2025 40

The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Sheldon Whitehouse: Democrats and Activists “Too Polite” in the Fight Against “Malevolent” Fossil Fuel Giants

This story is part of the 89 Percent Project, an initiative of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now The Democratic party and...

11.07.2025 20

Mother Jones

Mark Hertsgaard