Man who recorded himself using snowplow to spray Jewish people fired and under investigation

The new year seems to have had a bad start, as hate crimes across the country continue to climb. Nationwide, states have reported surges in hate crimes targeting minorities. Even in the most diverse …

President Biden visits tornado-ravaged Kentucky as Gov. Beshear opens parks to those left homeless

Each year around Christmas, my family rents a cabin at Lake Barkley State Park in Kentucky. The lake is beautiful, the park is beautiful, the cabins are spacious, and if I reserve in time, it’s …

A terrible night of storms brings destruction and death across the central U.S.

On Saturday morning, many parts of the central United States are reporting temperatures over 30 degrees cooler than they stood on Friday afternoon. On Friday night, the energy of that difference was …

National TV news keeps ignoring the human costs of extreme weather events

by Evlondo Cooper

This story was originally published at Prism.

I’m writing this from New Orleans a little more than one month after Hurricane Ida devastated Southeast Louisiana—after most national TV …

World Bank report on climate crisis breaks down worst-case scenario, and we all need to read it

Between the ongoing global pandemic, the unrelenting far-right movement here in the United States, and the lingering issues caused by Donald Trump’s time in office, it can be all too tempting to …

Rebuilding after a hurricane is never fast or easy, and Ida is no exception

Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms to hit the mainland United States, killed at least 13 people in Louisiana alone. That includes, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, five …

Tri-state area infrastructure can't handle climate change. Videos and photos of flooding prove it

Wednesday night was scary. I was lucky enough to experience only minor flooding in my central New Jersey home and was not as heavily impacted by Hurricane Ida as others, but just seeing the damage so …

Louisiana Republican parts ways with Trump on infrastructure bill after devastation of Hurricane Ida

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy is parting ways with the likes of former President Donald Trump to back President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan after Hurricane Ida devastated parts …

Hurricane Ida makes landfall as dangerous Category 4; residents urged to shelter in place

President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency for Mississippi and ordered federal assistance for the state the day before Hurricane Ida evolved into a Category 4 storm early Sunday, sending …

Hurricane Ida could hit Gulf Coast as dangerous major storm on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Hold onto your hats. And umbrellas. In fact, if you live along the Louisiana or Mississippi coast, and it’s possible to be somewhere else, the best time for getting away is now. Because while …

Hurricane Henri expected to strike New England this weekend

The good news about Tropical Storm Henri on Saturday morning is that it’s still Tropical Storm Henri. That it, it has not not yet found enough energy to become a hurricane. However, the National …

Climate Crisis Round-up: heat, drought, heat, floods, heat, fires, still more heat

The world is heating up due to the amount of carbon—chiefly in the form of carbon dioxide and methane—that humans are dumping into the atmosphere. The result is that land, sea, and air are all growing …

Drought is impacting every aspect of life in the Western United States, and it's going to get worse

A wave of dangerous heat has settled in across much of the western United States. In addition to straining electrical grids—even in states that didn’t deliberately isolate themselves from their …