What If We Covered the Climate Emergency Like We Did World War II?

What If We Covered the Climate Emergency Like We Did World War II?

(The following is an abridged version of remarks by TV newsman Bill Moyers, as prepared for delivery at the “Covering Climate Now” conference co-sponsored by The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review on April 30.) I have been asked to bring this gathering to a close by summing up how we can do better at covering…

Close the Concentration Camps

Close the Concentration Camps

The U.S. government is forcing hundreds of thousands of migrant and refugee people and their children into squalid, unsanitary, and unsafe prison camps. Haunting images are emerging of children staring through multiple layers of razor-wired fencing, people clustered under “space” blankets to escape the blistering heat, and desperate people huddled under pieces of tarp in…

Can India’s Rich Wealth Creators Boost the Economy to $5 Trillion?

Can India’s Rich Wealth Creators Boost the Economy to $5 Trillion?

Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Independence Day, said that wealth creation is a national service and that wealth creators should not be viewed with suspicion. Furthermore, he added, only when wealth is created can it be distributed. These statements come at a time when the…

Why Aggregate Employment in India Is Shrinking
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Why Aggregate Employment in India Is Shrinking

One of the major promises on which the 2014 elections were won was massive job creation. Even after its stunning victory in 2019, primarily fought on the national security plank, among the first things the new Narendra Modi government did was to set up a cabinet committee to create jobs. How successful has it been?…

What the Centre Needs to Do if it Wants to Tackle the Economic Slowdown
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What the Centre Needs to Do if it Wants to Tackle the Economic Slowdown

Only a few weeks ago, the central government was talking grandly about India reaching a $5-trillion economy and refusing to recognise the severe slowdown India is going through. (This is not such a grand ambition when compared with China, which is often portrayed as India’s competitor, because by 2025, China’s economy is expected to achieve…

We are Not Fooled by the Hong Kong Protests

We are Not Fooled by the Hong Kong Protests

Several people around the world are confused about the protests going on in Hong Kong. Whenever the corporate media and politicians, especially people like Marco Rubio (US Republican senator), applaud a social movement, it is a red flag that the protests are not a progressive people’s movement, but serve other purposes. Is this really a…

Hindi Imposition will Kill the Imagination of a Nation with a Hundred Tongues

Hindi Imposition will Kill the Imagination of a Nation with a Hundred Tongues

15 years ago, when I was waiting for my class, a student came to me and congratulated me. “What is the occasion?”, I wondered aloud. It was not my birthday which in any case my students would not be aware of. Those were pre-Facebook days. That I was asking for the occasion was something my…

Global Climate Strikes to take Place in 117 Countries
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Global Climate Strikes to take Place in 117 Countries

Activists of All Ages, Labour Groups, Faith Leaders, Businesses and More Join Youth-Led Climate Strikes in Intergenerational Demand for Climate Action: With two weeks to go until the September 20th climate strikes, there are over 2,500 strikes registered globally and over 500 strikes taking place across the US. In the US, the Youth Climate Strike…