Toward a Sea Ethic
Expanding our idea of community is a first step to restoring the seas around us.
Thinking Big, Valuing the Priceless
Big-picture, government-led efforts, involving markets and civil society, could prove to be the last salvation for our precious downstream and offshore ecosystems.
A Call for Ocean-Policy Reform
The time is now for government to respond to long-standing demands for action.
Ocean Fish Farms and Public-Resource Privatization
Industrial aquaculture poses new threats to U.S. waters and fishermen.
Marine Biodiversity in Jeopardy
The attrition of the world’s coral reefs signals far broader and graver problems.
View From the Boat
An Alaska family with a long history in the fishing industry opposes farmed fish.
Saving the Fish Banks
The U.S. has made improvements in managing its stocks but only compared to the rest of the world.
The Arctic Ocean in the 21st Century
With warming at a rate double the global average, the region’s animal populations struggle to adapt.
Florida’s Sea Turtles Besieged
Time is running out to make the sort of policy changes needed to ensure the long-term protection and sustainability of Florida’s beaches — for the well-being of sea turtles and people.
Saccage
Learning the lessons of Jacques Cousteau.
Imagining the Oceans in 2025
Entire ecosystems teeter on the brink of extinction as slime and dead zones take over.
Carbon Dioxide: The Curse of the Deep
Ocean warming, acidification, and corrosion wreak havoc on marine populations.
Restoring the Battered Commons
The degradation of coasts and oceans continues, but faint hopes for improvement are stirring.
After the Market Mania
The era of big government is over. But now, so is the era of markets. Can we find the right balance?
College For the Few
Social scientist Charles Murray aims to provoke. This time, it’s with four broad-brush, simplistic claims about higher education.
A Fine Mess
If we want to avoid another financial crisis, we must first understand why some economic thinkers saw it coming, and why others missed it.
Damaged Heroes
Four recent films reveal how America sees its Iraq War veterans.
Getting Real on Climate Change
We’ll never succeed in making dirty energy too expensive. Let’s make clean energy cheap.
Are Cows Worse
Than Cars?
Everyone knows driving an SUV or leaving the lights on is bad for the earth. But when it comes to your environmental impact, what’s on your plate is just as important.
Street Fighter
New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, is proving that cities don’t need major initiatives like congestion pricing to become more walkable and bikeable.
Noted
Responses to print articles and web content, and a letter from Executive Editor Mark Schmitt.
Blaming History
Milan Kundera’s The Joke and the need for comic relief in political discourse.
Don’t Call it a Culture War
We will continue to lose battles like Prop. 8 until we can successfully relabel LGBT rights a civil-rights issue, rather than an issue mired in the culture-war swamp of moral controversy.
Mind the Map
Obama’s success proves that there’s no turning back from the reality that states, their governors, legislators, and parties will play a central role in our country’s political future.
The Realignment Opportunity
Conservatives say that America remains a center-right country and Obama won only because of special circumstances, while some liberals claim that the election marks a historic realignment. Neither is the right way to read the returns.
The Paper Chase
Dozens of progressive institutions are clamoring to put their agendas on Obama’s desk. Will the incoming president actually read them?
The Audacity of Patience
Obama’s savvy coalition-building broke all the rules about how to run for president. If he can take the same approach in the White House, he will be a towering success.
