Skip Navigation
Bill McKibben
April 9, 2019
MagazineMeehan Crist
Down to Earth
Why is the story of climate catastrophe so hard to tell?
July 12, 2017
Bill McKibben
What Would Thoreau Think of Climate Change?
On the author's 200th birthday, what "Walden" can teach us about our own time.
August 15, 2016
Bill McKibben
A World at War
We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.
September 9, 2013
Molly Redden
Canada Offers a Worthless Bargaining Chip in the Fight Over Keystone XL
July 23, 2012
Mark Muro
Climate Optimism—and Realism
October 13, 2011
Timothy Noah
Bill McKibben For President?
September 3, 2011
Simon van Zuylen-Wood
Hope and Change: Meet the Ex-Obama Staffers Getting Arrested in Front of the White House
April 21, 2011
Bradford Plumer
Blame Game
October 13, 2010
Jim Manzi
Just a Mess
December 18, 2009
Bradford Plumer
Was Copenhagen A Disaster Or Decent First Step?
October 1, 2009
Bradford Plumer
Why Climate Change Isn't Like Health Care
September 30, 2009
Jackson Lears
The Usefulness of Cranks
April 17, 2008
The New Republic
Pick A Target, Any Target
July 20, 1998
Margaret Talbot
The Perfectionist

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Edith OlmstedBreaking News
Hafiz RashidBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history