Jane Fonda Champions Climate Action for Every Generation
Jane Fonda, at 86, is small-boned and elegant, her eyes like soft blue-gray flannel. Yet it’s startling how much energy shoots through her via a simple handshake: if a woodland…
The True Meaning of an American Pope
On May 8, I stood on the colonnades of St. Peter’s Square on the beautiful afternoon a new Pope was elected, shoulder to shoulder with pilgrims from every corner of…
John Kerry’s Four Decades of Raising Climate Awareness on the World Stage
Sitting in a taxi in Munich in February, stuck in traffic, John Kerry wrestled with an idea. The U.S. climate envoy was in southern Germany to attend an annual security…
Madhvi Chittoor
When Madhvi Chittoor of Arvada, Colo., learned at the age of 6 that PFAS “forever chemicals” are found in all sorts of consumer products, she wanted to warn everyone. So…
Jordan Sucato
Jordan Sucato, 15, lives in Phoenix, Arizona, an area the National Weather Service says is on track to have its hottest-ever summer. As the temperature in the air rises, so…