May 2026

Global Environment Outlook 7

An actionable roadmap for green transition By Ágnes Tahyné Kovács Transformative change is necessary to safeguard planetary and human health and well-being, and to address deepening inequalities stemming from the uneven consequences of global environmental…


San Francisco Teachers Win Big

By Danielle Smith Six thousand San Francisco educators won fully funded health care, sanctuary schools, and an up to 8.5 percent raise over two years by walking out for the first time in nearly 50…


Twin Cities Electrical Workers

Build Solidarity By Gabriel Legierski, Mike Plante, and Peter Rachleff The Fight Against ICE Occupation For months, the country and the world have been watching Minnesota, where the Trump administration’s military occupation by ICE, Border…


Kansas Revokes Trans People’s IDs

By Jae A. Puckett, L. Zachary DuBois, and Noelle Martin The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. has been escalating, with sharp…


Food Giant Sysco Tightens Its Hold

Local chefs and restaurateurs fear loss of alternative wholesalers By Em Cassel Without Restaurant Depot, Dahlia might not exist. The buzzy northeast Minneapolis bakery got its start in 2022 as a pop-up, bringing its inventive…


What Clean Energy Transition?

Commentary by Steve Hendricks You may ask why, despite the growth in renewables, we keep burning more carbon than ever. The answer is simple: We—and here We means both the great mass of people and…


Biogas from CAFO Waste Is a Climate Disaster

By Brian Bienkowski A Wisconsin project dubbed the “world’s largest manure biogas project” emits nearly 5,000 metric tons of climate-warming methane annually, roughly equivalent to emissions from 30,000 gasoline-powered vehicles, according to state data that…