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Climate in the elections 🌿 LGN is back 🌿 Record-breaking hurricane season

Climate in the elections 🌿 LGN is back 🌿 Record-breaking hurricane season

PODCAST: COP 28 – The Ups and Downs of a Climate Conference Hosted by a Petrostate

PODCAST: COP 28 – The Ups and Downs of a Climate Conference Hosted by a Petrostate

New Collaboration with Sludge

New Collaboration with Sludge

An LNG Project Threatens a UNESCO Biosphere in Canada

An LNG Project Threatens a UNESCO Biosphere in Canada

Our New Extremist Speaker

Our New Extremist Speaker

Earth’s unfitness for human life 🌿 Carbon offsets’ greenwashing 🌿 COP28’s relevance

The Real Halloween Horror

The Real Halloween Horror

Read OptOut's New Article With Rolling Stone

Read OptOut's New Article With Rolling Stone

U.S. hydrogen hubs 🌿 Big Oil getting bigger 🌿 Native American Journalism

U.S. hydrogen hubs 🌿 Big Oil getting bigger 🌿 Native American Journalism

On Oppression and the Anti-LGBTQ+ Movement

On Oppression and the Anti-LGBTQ+ Movement

What is Happening in Gaza?

What is Happening in Gaza?

Indigenous People’s Day 🌿 NYC Unprepared for Climate Disasters 🌿 American Climate Corps

Indigenous People’s Day 🌿 NYC Unprepared for Climate Disasters 🌿 American Climate Corps

Blood Money: How America’s Biggest Charities Are Bankrolling Hate Groups Without Anyone Noticing

Blood Money: How America’s Biggest Charities Are Bankrolling Hate Groups Without Anyone Noticing

PODCAST 🌿 How to Protect Our Planet: Learning From Indigenous Communities in Brazil

PODCAST 🌿 How to Protect Our Planet: Learning From Indigenous Communities in Brazil

SCOTUS, DeSantis, and Existential Dread

SCOTUS, DeSantis, and Existential Dread

All-time heat record 🌿 American energy insecurity 🌿 Heat impacts on Bangladesh

All-time heat record 🌿 American energy insecurity 🌿 Heat impacts on Bangladesh

Technology Woes, New Strategy on Wildfires, and Israeli Occupation

Technology Woes, New Strategy on Wildfires, and Israeli Occupation

Happy Independence Day to the Unenthusiastic

Happy Independence Day to the Unenthusiastic

Reflecting and Looking Ahead as Pride Month Comes to a Close

Reflecting and Looking Ahead as Pride Month Comes to a Close

Heat Waves, Power Shortages, and Drought in the U.S. 🌿 Brazil’s Oil Expansion

Heat Waves, Power Shortages, and Drought in the U.S. 🌿 Brazil’s Oil Expansion

Pride 101: Centering Joy Amidst Atrocity

Pride 101: Centering Joy Amidst Atrocity

Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy 🌿 Plastics Treaty 🌿 Brazil's 'Marco Temporal'

Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy 🌿 Plastics Treaty 🌿 Brazil's 'Marco Temporal'

Happy Pride From OptOut!

Happy Pride From OptOut!

Don’t Say DeSantis

Don’t Say DeSantis

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

A Visit to Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon

A Visit to Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon

Chinese Dissident Secretly Recruited Rightwing Writers to Publish Flattering Articles

Chinese Dissident Secretly Recruited Rightwing Writers to Publish Flattering Articles

‘Saying the Quiet Part Loud’: The GOP Is Telling Us Exactly What It Means

‘Saying the Quiet Part Loud’: The GOP Is Telling Us Exactly What It Means

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

The GOP’s Genocidal Plans Against the Trans Community

The GOP’s Genocidal Plans Against the Trans Community

Close(d) Calls:🗽Asylum seekers out of time 🗽 MTA horror story🗽 Housing woes

Close(d) Calls:🗽Asylum seekers out of time 🗽 MTA horror story🗽 Housing woes

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Silence of the Left, Long COVID, and More

Silence of the Left, Long COVID, and More

Beyond Trump: Pandemic Medicaid Coverage Ends 🗞 Abortion Pill Banned 🗞 Clarence Thomas' Corruption

Beyond Trump: Pandemic Medicaid Coverage Ends 🗞 Abortion Pill Banned 🗞 Clarence Thomas' Corruption

Meet Amanda Magnani, Your New Climate Editor

Meet Amanda Magnani, Your New Climate Editor

🏳️‍⚧️ PODCAST: Imara Jones on the Anti-Trans Hate Machine

🏳️‍⚧️ PODCAST: Imara Jones on the Anti-Trans Hate Machine

Trump Indicted 🗞 Historic Israeli Protests 🗞 Starbucks Busted for Union-Busting

Trump Indicted 🗞 Historic Israeli Protests 🗞 Starbucks Busted for Union-Busting

PODCAST: Brown Girl Green (Unlocked Full Episode)

PODCAST: Brown Girl Green (Unlocked Full Episode)

Hellraisers: NYPD skull 🗽 Another Trump tantrum 🗽Vendors rise up

Hellraisers: NYPD skull 🗽 Another Trump tantrum 🗽Vendors rise up

Peter Thiel’s Secretive Spending

Peter Thiel’s Secretive Spending

The GOP’s Terrifying Obsession With Erasing LGBTQ+ People

The GOP’s Terrifying Obsession With Erasing LGBTQ+ People

PODCAST: Janine Jackson on Corporate Media Bias

PODCAST: Janine Jackson on Corporate Media Bias

Drill, Baby, Drill! Alaskan Oil Extraction

Drill, Baby, Drill! Alaskan Oil Extraction

PODCAST: Evan Greer on Net Neutrality and Online Censorship

PODCAST: Evan Greer on Net Neutrality and Online Censorship

20 Years After the Iraq Invasion 🗞 Fire The Fed 🗞 Trump's in Trouble

20 Years After the Iraq Invasion 🗞 Fire The Fed 🗞 Trump's in Trouble

Little victories, big woes:🗽‘Growing up’ in Rikers🗽More housing blues🗽Wage theft & scams

Little victories, big woes:🗽‘Growing up’ in Rikers🗽More housing blues🗽Wage theft & scams

Bank Failures, COVID Crisis, and Hope For Yemen

Bank Failures, COVID Crisis, and Hope For Yemen

Notes from an Authoritarian State

Notes from an Authoritarian State

‘Cop City’ and Domestic Terrorism Arrests

‘Cop City’ and Domestic Terrorism Arrests

Nieman Lab Digs OptOut 🗞 Who's Fighting Student Debt Relief? 🗞 Politico Aids Railroad Lobby

Nieman Lab Digs OptOut 🗞 Who's Fighting Student Debt Relief? 🗞 Politico Aids Railroad Lobby

Harvard's Nieman Lab Tells Readers to Try OptOut News App

Harvard's Nieman Lab Tells Readers to Try OptOut News App

Not an allegory: DeSantis in Staten Island 🗽 Hochul backtracks🗽 Construction workers are dying

Not an allegory: DeSantis in Staten Island 🗽 Hochul backtracks🗽 Construction workers are dying

‘Grassroots’ Parents’ Rights Group Gets Big Mystery Money

‘Grassroots’ Parents’ Rights Group Gets Big Mystery Money

SNAP Benefits, Environmental Protests, and Police Shootings

SNAP Benefits, Environmental Protests, and Police Shootings

The NYT Refuses to Part With Transphobia, and More Notes on Hypocrisy

The NYT Refuses to Part With Transphobia, and More Notes on Hypocrisy

Podcast: Doug Henwood on His Career and Left Media Today

Podcast: Doug Henwood on His Career and Left Media Today

🌏 Train Derailment Raises Questions About Lingering Environmental Hazards

🌏 Train Derailment Raises Questions About Lingering Environmental Hazards

Derailmentgate 🗞 The Times' Anti-Trans Crusade 🗞 Big Tech Myths

Derailmentgate 🗞 The Times' Anti-Trans Crusade 🗞 Big Tech Myths

New Scientist Group Calling For Pandemic Answers Is Tied to Rightwing Dark Money

New Scientist Group Calling For Pandemic Answers Is Tied to Rightwing Dark Money

Love as resistance:🗽Remembering a COVID victim🗽A new way of thinking about housing🗽Anti-abortion against immigrant women

Love as resistance:🗽Remembering a COVID victim🗽A new way of thinking about housing🗽Anti-abortion against immigrant women

Black History Month 🏳️‍🌈 One Hell of a Performance 🏳️‍⚧️ Trump’s Pledge

Black History Month 🏳️‍🌈 One Hell of a Performance 🏳️‍⚧️ Trump’s Pledge

The U.S. Climate Migration Has Begun

The U.S. Climate Migration Has Begun

In absence of home: The asylum seekers camped on the street 🗽 Voices of Rikers’ trans inmates 🗽 Cop cit(ies)

In absence of home: The asylum seekers camped on the street 🗽 Voices of Rikers’ trans inmates 🗽 Cop cit(ies)

Maybe He’s Born With [The Propensity to Lie Through His Teeth]...Maybe it’s George Santos

Maybe He’s Born With [The Propensity to Lie Through His Teeth]...Maybe it’s George Santos

Radical activism to defend the planet

Radical activism to defend the planet

🗞 Union Membership Declines as Big Tech Lays Off Thousands

🗞 Union Membership Declines as Big Tech Lays Off Thousands

Big Mystery Donors Fund COVID Conspiracy Nonprofit

Big Mystery Donors Fund COVID Conspiracy Nonprofit

City of Pawns: Taxi Workers’ Fight🗽Remembering the Bronx Fire 🗽Voices From Rikers🗽

City of Pawns: Taxi Workers’ Fight🗽Remembering the Bronx Fire 🗽Voices From Rikers🗽

Candace Owens’ ‘Blexit’ Operation Bankrolled by Wealthy White Conservatives

Candace Owens’ ‘Blexit’ Operation Bankrolled by Wealthy White Conservatives

Kicking Off the New Year With…Much of the Same LGBTQ+ News

Kicking Off the New Year With…Much of the Same LGBTQ+ News

California’s deadly atmospheric river storms

California’s deadly atmospheric river storms

New Year's Nurses Strike 🗽 Airport Wage Theft 🗽 Weed Dispensary Opens

New Year's Nurses Strike 🗽 Airport Wage Theft 🗽 Weed Dispensary Opens

🌎 Fossil Fuel Industry Fights Climate Action

🌎 Fossil Fuel Industry Fights Climate Action

🌏 Podcast: Brown Girl Green on BIPOC in Climate Media & Staying Authentic on Social

🌏 Podcast: Brown Girl Green on BIPOC in Climate Media & Staying Authentic on Social

New York Strikewave🗽World Cup Celebrations🗽Justice for the Incarcerated

New York Strikewave🗽World Cup Celebrations🗽Justice for the Incarcerated

Elon Musk's Twitter Purge, COVID's Continued Surge, and Energized Labor

Elon Musk's Twitter Purge, COVID's Continued Surge, and Energized Labor

Introducing New OptOut Original Content and Perks!

Introducing New OptOut Original Content and Perks!

Another Two Weeks Plagued by Violent Extremism—Or, On Being LGBTQ+

Another Two Weeks Plagued by Violent Extremism—Or, On Being LGBTQ+

Podcast: Eric Holthaus on Meteorology, Climate Journalism, and Twitter

Podcast: Eric Holthaus on Meteorology, Climate Journalism, and Twitter

A Week of Labor Rights and Protest ✊

A Week of Labor Rights and Protest ✊

Fossil Fuel Companies Fight Climate Action 🌏 California’s Ailing Salton Sea 🌏 Eric Holthaus on Meteorology and Climate Change

Fossil Fuel Companies Fight Climate Action 🌏 California’s Ailing Salton Sea 🌏 Eric Holthaus on Meteorology and Climate Change

Adams' Harsh Mental Illness Policy 🗽 Farmers and Food Justice 🗽 New School Faculty Hold the Line 🗽

Adams' Harsh Mental Illness Policy 🗽 Farmers and Food Justice 🗽 New School Faculty Hold the Line 🗽

Maybe She’s Born With it…Maybe it’s the Crippling Weight of Living in an Anti-LGBTQ Hellscape

Maybe She’s Born With it…Maybe it’s the Crippling Weight of Living in an Anti-LGBTQ Hellscape

COP27 Wrap-Up: Climate Fund 🌎 Lula 🌎 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists

COP27 Wrap-Up: Climate Fund 🌎 Lula 🌎 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists

Negotiators Strike Deal for Climate Fund 🌎 Indigenous Climate Action 🌎 Elon Musk Is Not a Climate Champion

Negotiators Strike Deal for Climate Fund 🌎 Indigenous Climate Action 🌎 Elon Musk Is Not a Climate Champion

It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

Another Transphobic NYT Article • The Predictable Crypto Scandal • Labor Strikes Back

Another Transphobic NYT Article • The Predictable Crypto Scandal • Labor Strikes Back

World’s Richest Man Ruins Twitter • No Red Wave • UN Climate Conference, Week 1

World’s Richest Man Ruins Twitter • No Red Wave • UN Climate Conference, Week 1

Maybe She’s Born With It…Maybe It’s the Crippling Weight of Living in an Anti-LGBTQ Hellscape

Maybe She’s Born With It…Maybe It’s the Crippling Weight of Living in an Anti-LGBTQ Hellscape

Big Oil’s Midterm Meddling 🌍 Reparations for Global South 🌍 NYT Publishes Fossil Fuel Talking Points

Big Oil’s Midterm Meddling 🌍 Reparations for Global South 🌍 NYT Publishes Fossil Fuel Talking Points

It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

Pre-Election Special • Corporate Media Failures • Cuba & Brazil

Pre-Election Special • Corporate Media Failures • Cuba & Brazil

OptOut Media Foundation Launches Climate, LGBTQ+, New York Verticals

OptOut Media Foundation Launches Climate, LGBTQ+, New York Verticals

Fighting Climate Destruction • Jackson Water Crisis • Climate Activist Xiye Bastida

Fighting Climate Destruction • Jackson Water Crisis • Climate Activist Xiye Bastida

Antisemitism on the Rise • Unionizing Trader Joe's • A $28 Meal at Taco Bell

Antisemitism on the Rise • Unionizing Trader Joe's • A $28 Meal at Taco Bell

For People, Not Profit. Worthy of your support.

For People, Not Profit. Worthy of your support.

Finally, Student Debt Relief • Anti-LGBTQ+ Fascism • Education Justice in NOLA

Finally, Student Debt Relief • Anti-LGBTQ+ Fascism • Education Justice in NOLA

Inflation Reduction Act is Law • Florida Guv Tramples on Basic Rights • Liz Cheney, Liberal Hero

Inflation Reduction Act is Law • Florida Guv Tramples on Basic Rights • Liz Cheney, Liberal Hero

Monster Climate Deal Is Called Historic; Others Angered by Embrace of Fossil Fuel Industries

Monster Climate Deal Is Called Historic; Others Angered by Embrace of Fossil Fuel Industries

NYT Blames Workers for Inflation • A Climate Deal • Labor Solidarity

NYT Blames Workers for Inflation • A Climate Deal • Labor Solidarity

📲 Android App! • Roe Woes • Dems Want Biden Alternative

📲 Android App! • Roe Woes • Dems Want Biden Alternative

Corporate Media Must Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Companies

Corporate Media Must Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Companies

Juneteenth and the Fight for Equality

Juneteenth and the Fight for Equality

The Gun Epidemic • Who's Bankrolling White Nationalism? • Covid Surges

The Gun Epidemic • Who's Bankrolling White Nationalism? • Covid Surges

Understanding Buffalo: Rightwing Terror and ‘The Great Replacement’

Understanding Buffalo: Rightwing Terror and ‘The Great Replacement’

New Media Nonprofit Raises $150,000 to Distribute Independent News Content

New Media Nonprofit Raises $150,000 to Distribute Independent News Content

Amazon's Monopolism • Climate Transparency • Dark Pharma Money in Politics

Amazon's Monopolism • Climate Transparency • Dark Pharma Money in Politics

Media Nonprofit Launches Innovative Independent News App for iOS

Media Nonprofit Launches Innovative Independent News App for iOS

A Progressive Response to Ukraine • Texas Elections • Do Police Stop Crime?

A Progressive Response to Ukraine • Texas Elections • Do Police Stop Crime?

Spotify and Censorship, Fighting Poverty, and the Colonization of Puerto Rico

Spotify and Censorship, Fighting Poverty, and the Colonization of Puerto Rico

Women's Rights, Local News, Remembering Jake Varghese

Women's Rights, Local News, Remembering Jake Varghese

Climate Blunders, Local Gerrymandering, and Big Conservative Funder Bankrolls White Nationalists

Climate Blunders, Local Gerrymandering, and Big Conservative Funder Bankrolls White Nationalists

Racist Immigration Policy, Indigenous Climate Action, and Bari Weiss' Rightwing 'University'

Racist Immigration Policy, Indigenous Climate Action, and Bari Weiss' Rightwing 'University'

Dems Blow It, Labor Strikes Continue, and the Climate Cost of Capitalism

Dems Blow It, Labor Strikes Continue, and the Climate Cost of Capitalism

📺 A Worker-Owned Streaming Service 🗞️ Corporate Media Corruption 💪 the Strike Wave

📺 A Worker-Owned Streaming Service 🗞️ Corporate Media Corruption 💪 the Strike Wave

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet OptOut's News Curators!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet OptOut's News Curators!

Dems Keep Stumbling, Indigenous People's Day & Taking on the Bosses

Dems Keep Stumbling, Indigenous People's Day & Taking on the Bosses

Corporate Dems Block Biden's Agenda, the Media's Climate Narratives, & Pfizer Funds QAnon Candidates

Corporate Dems Block Biden's Agenda, the Media's Climate Narratives, & Pfizer Funds QAnon Candidates

The American Health Care Debacle, Corporate Democrats' Corruption, and Haitian Migration

The American Health Care Debacle, Corporate Democrats' Corruption, and Haitian Migration

The War on Trans People & Other News from OptOut

The War on Trans People & Other News from OptOut

Weekend Picks: Extremism and U.S. Imperialism

Weekend Picks: Extremism and U.S. Imperialism

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Labor Day Picks!

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Weekend Picks: Rest in Peace, Mike Gravel

Weekend Picks: Juneteenth, the corporate media, and regulating Big Tech

Weekend Picks: Juneteenth, the corporate media, and regulating Big Tech

Superstack: How to Upgrade From Substack to Ghost

Superstack: How to Upgrade From Substack to Ghost

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Weekend Picks: Billionaires, Climate, and Bipartisan Attacks on Ilhan Omar

Weekend Picks: Remembering Tulsa, Climate, Labor, and the Media

Weekend Picks: Remembering Tulsa, Climate, Labor, and the Media

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Weekend Picks: Attacks on Workers and Palestinians

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Weekend Picks: Biden's performance, more atrocities in Gaza, and the new podcast oligopoly

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