Special Report

Funding for research into new technology is key.

To realize the promise of solar and wind power, aspirations need to be matched with more effective strategies.

With the right policies in place, an expansion of public transportation could help reindustrialize the United States.

In the race for green jobs, environmental-justice advocates don’t want urban communities to get left behind.

The opportunity for good jobs is there — but unionization and government contracting standards will make a huge difference.

Far too many people are still without decent affordable homes, and hidden vulnerable groups like the mentally ill have been hit hardest of all.

An environmental-justice attorney explains how the civil rights of Gulf Coast residents were violated.

Communities rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike.

In the crisis, the Gulf’s Hispanic communities dealt with linguistic and political isolation. But Katrina produced a boost to new organizing efforts.

Governments at all levels responded slowly to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The people of the Gulf Coast took up the slack but haven’t absolved government of its responsibilities.