In the years since the Paris Agreement on climate change was brokered, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America have poured a combined $789 billion into fossil fuels, including $119 billion last year alone. On Tuesday morning, shareholders in each of those banks tried to change that.
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The El Hiblu 1 appeared as a red dot on the horizon, navigating the brackish Mediterranean swells after sunrise. It was March 26, 2019. Kader and 107 other migrants and refugees departing from Libya had been at sea for at least 19 hours in a dinghy designed to hold 15 people at most. It was losing air. Some had thought about jumping and swimming but realized no option would lead them to safety. Through the previous night, women clutched crying children. Everybody prayed. Kader, who was then 16... Читать дальше...
A common story is told about idealistic city dwellers who move to rural areas like the Catskills. Over the centuries, rural New York state has played host to utopian groups seeking out new, radically communal ways of life. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, groups like the Shakers and the Fourierists founded communities in Western New York. Later, in the Catskills, Buddhist monasteries were built and artists’ colonies like Byrdcliffe cropped up. In America, the quest for radical community—whether driven by religion... Читать дальше...
Last week’s revelation that Representative Kevin McCarthy was of the mind that President Donald Trump should have resigned in the immediate aftermath of the riot at the United States Capitol was big news, for several interrelated reasons. Much of it had to do with the fact that McCarthy was the House minority leader at the time and, by extension, one of the country’s most influential Republicans. It also matters in light of the probability that McCarthy will claim the speaker’s gavel in eight months’ time—unless of course... Читать дальше...
