Christopher D. Cook is an award-winning investigative reporter who also writes for Harper’s, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Mother Jones, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis. Connect with him via www.christopherdcook.com.
Labor
Biden Has Abandoned His Covid Worker Safety Pledge
Biden's much-anticipated workplace safety rule excludes most workers—and some in the labor movement are not happy.
Christopher D. Cook
Viewpoint
Trump’s Answer to Structural Racism? Police State Fascism.
With protests against police violence spreading like wildfire, Trump is responding with authoritarianism—and an ever more violent crackdown.
Christopher D. Cook
Labor
Get Ready for Mass Strikes Across the U.S. This May Day
Christopher D. Cook
Viewpoint
Why Bernie Must Keep Going: It’s About Our Future
Sanders is down, but he's not out. And he can still help advance a progressive agenda for all of us.
Christopher D. Cook
Viewpoint
Centrists Don’t Want “Party Unity”—They Want to Defend the Wealthy
Attacks by moderate Democrats on Bernie Sanders are really about defending corporate power and structural inequality.
Christopher D. Cook
Viewpoint
Only Bernie’s Green New Deal Answers Greta’s Call for Action
To fulfill the promise of the climate strikes, we need a bold policy solution.
Christopher D. Cook
Feature
We Can’t Afford to Let Nancy Pelosi Bury the Green New Deal
Incoming speaker creates climate committee with limited powers—undermining a far more ambitious initiative.
Christopher D. Cook
Feature
There Is Nothing Kind or Gentle About George H.W. Bush’s Legacy
Bush 41 had a long career of ruthless war-making. It must not be whitewashed.
Christopher D. Cook
Feature
The Democrats Need a Clear Economic Vision. Here’s Where to Start.
The rising left wing of the party is leading the way, and the People's Budget and Green New Deal show how Democrats can transform the economy.
Christopher D. Cook
Feature
To Address the Climate Crisis, We Must Completely Rethink How We Produce and Consume Food
Market-driven solutions won't cut it.
Christopher D. Cook
Feature
Has Barbara Boxer Met Her Match?
California’s liberal senator draws conservative fire, progressive ire.
Christopher D. Cook
Dispatch
Coal Miners Slaughter
Christopher D. Cook
Feature
Plowing for Profits
U.S. agribusiness eyes Iraq's fledgling markets
Christopher D. Cook
Feature
The Next Campaign: Ideas
Christopher D. Cook
Dispatch
Environmental Hogwash
The EPA works with factory farms to delay regulation of ‘Extremely Hazardous Substances.’
Christopher D. Cook
