Zoë Carpenter

Thanks to fracking, petrochemicals giants are poised to make the plastic pollution crisis much, much worse.

CNN’s climate change town hall was a good moment for activists—and a rough one for the Democratic front-runner.

Exxon’s win was a narrow one, and it doesn’t mean that Big Oil can’t be held to account.

As police prepare to clear a camp set up in the pipeline’s path, human-rights groups are concerned about abuses by law enforcement.

The Nation Magazine

Domestic abuse presents a deadly threat to millions of people across America. But as concerns about police misconduct grow, feminists are reconsidering the costs of criminalization.

Portland’s protest movement couldn’t oust Mayor Ted Wheeler, but the city overwhelmingly voted to create a new police oversight board.

As the campaign to vaccinate almost all Americans against Covid-19 rolls out, racial equity must be at the forefront.

Physical infrastructure, social services, labor protections—in the Pacific Northwest, none of them is designed with extreme heat in mind.

Will efforts to rehabilitate Portland’s brand eclipse the tentative steps taken toward real reform?