Exactly one week after Trump’s announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, a new film from director Michael Bonfiglio premiered at National Geographic’s Washington, D.C.’s headquarters. From the Ashes closely examines the repercussions-environmental, health, economic-of something the Trump administration has not only denied, but has gone to great […]
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Mass Hacking: Time to Go Offline
As the recent ransomware attack demonstrates, some large, essential systems may need to go offline.
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Trump FCC’s Plan to End Net Neutrality Rests on Alternative Facts and Empty Promises
Two years after passing landmark net neutrality rules, the FCC is poised to undo them.
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Q&A: Will Trump Bring Real Reform to Troubled H-1B Visa Program?
As part of his America First agenda, the president has targeted the skilled guest-worker visa program. But substantial fixes will require navigating a complex political landscape.
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Q&A: Will Trump Bring Real Reform to Troubled H-1B Visa Program?
As part of his America First agenda, the president has targeted the skilled guest-worker visa program. But substantial fixes will require navigating a complex political landscape.
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One Toke Over the Line with Trump and Sessions
Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions may want to curb marijuana use, but like trying to do away with Obamacare, it may already be too late.
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What States and Cities Can Do To Fight Climate Change
Today, the Prospect is posting Ben Adler’s long-form piece, which also appears in the spring issue of our print magazine, on how states and cities are moving ahead on policies that limit climate change, and what they’re doing to counter the Trump administration’s policies that will make climate change even more severe. As Ben points […]
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Saving the Planet Goes Local
The Trump administration plans to decimate environmental safeguards—so blue states and cities are stepping up their efforts to arrest climate change.
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Tesla Workers File Charges with National Labor Board as Battle with Elon Musk Intensifies
Employees fight back as Tesla ramps up anti-union policies.
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Going Solar in West Virginia
It’s an uphill struggle, but solar entrepreneurs have begun building the state’s post-coal future.
