On the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis: Our July/August 2021 Issue
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The July-August issue of the Prospect comes amid a scorching summer that brings home how the climate crisis is a reality we're facing today, not just at some point in the future.
Mara Kardas-Nelson reported for us from the front lines of the crisis: Lake Charles, Louisiana, which has absorbed four separate extreme weather events in less than a year, leaving residents to wonder whether it's worth it to rebuild again. That's just one of the many topics covered in our latest issue, from labor drives and European politics to activist movements in the U.S. and their relationship to the presidency.
The entire
issue is now available online in our print archives.
Here are some of the highlights:
Here Comes the Rain Again: In our cover story, Contributor Mara Kardas-Nelson zooms in on Lake Charles, Louisiana. Will this city become
America’s latest climate sacrifice?
How Joe Biden Defanged the Left: Staff
Writer Alexander Sammon explores how the White House has used access to quiet would-be progressive critics.
Anatomy of an Anti-Union
Meeting: Executive Editor David Dayen with an exclusive on how No Evil Foods, a plant-based meat company, squashed a union drive.
The Agony of Social Democratic Europe: Co-founder Bob Kuttner investigates why social democracy collapsed across Europe and what sort of a role
model the Biden administration might be. Holding Electricity Ransom: The electric grid is a prime target for hackers, but as Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley explains, the private companies that dominate the sector often put dollar signs before cyber sense.
The New Pro-Abortion Generation: Contributor Amelia Pollard has the story on how young people are taking the reins to protect abortion
access as Roe v. Wade faces its greatest challenge yet.
