John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In the sweltering heat of late October, the Atlantic Ocean birthed a monster. Hurricane Melissa, the thirteenth named storm of an already punishing 2025 season, exploded from a disorganized tropical wave into… Read More ›
S. Argun | Red Phoenix correspondent | Washington– Electricity prices are rising at rates greater than general inflation. The causes are chiefly the rise in power-sucking data centers, necessary to fuel the ongoing market speculation in “artificial intelligence” and the… Read More ›
Jesse M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Iowa– Iowa is one of the most important centers for agriculture in the United States and, depending on who you ask, the world. However, it is also the state with the second highest… Read More ›
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado The Trump administration’s recent decision to abandon plans to reconsider the Biden-era ban on chrysotile asbestos, the last form of this deadly mineral still used in the United States, is a rare… Read More ›
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In Loveland, Colorado, Lake Loveland is shrinking at an alarming rate, its muddy banks strewn with dead fish; a haunting symbol of climate change’s relentless assault on working-class communities. Climate change is… Read More ›
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Precision Cast Parts Corp is a metal casting and fabrication company owned by Berkshire-Hathaway and based in Lake Oswego, Oregon. While PCC produces a large variety of products, their primary business is… Read More ›
The Science, Technology, and Health Committee of the American Party of Labor— In March the Supreme Court launched further attacks against the working class by creating massive loopholes to allow companies and negligent local governments to pollute our communities. The… Read More ›
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– If corporations are allowed to continue their streak of over consumption and contamination of our water supplies, we will see dramatic water shortages in the United States within the next decade, and… Read More ›
M. A. Booth | Red Phoenix correspondent | Kentucky– Over the course of the 20th century, an endorheic rift lake — a collection of water within a basin with no evident outlet — in the California desert has become the… Read More ›
M. A. Booth | Red Phoenix correspondent | Kentucky– The cheerleaders of capitalist barbarity are oftentimes found defending their system of greed and exploitation on the basis that it creates new “innovations” for our society. What kind of “innovations” are… Read More ›
M. A. Booth / Kentucky. For decades, “Rubbertown” in Louisville, Kentucky, has been a major source of concern for residents of the city. Despite the local government and corporations telling us that the level of Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) in… Read More ›
By S. Argun, Red Phoenix correspondent, Seattle. The critical transition to renewable energy sources has been set up to fail by the economic restructuring of the electricity sector, which prioritizes market profits over anything else. The plummeting costs and rising… Read More ›
By M. A. Booth, Red Phoenix correspondent, Kentucky. The Central Appalachian region of the US has a long history of coal mining going back nearly two centuries. The region itself encompasses approximately 29,773 square miles of land in five states:… Read More ›
By Anna I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. Since the first week of June, toxic smoke has blanketed cities in the Midwest and on the East Coast. This smoke, wafting from wildfires burning in Quebec and Ontario, Canada, has caused air… Read More ›
Maurice B. | Red Phoenix correspondent | New York– In recent decades, the capitalist ruling class has had to face the reality of the ongoing destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems and its inevitable consequences for human survival in the coming… Read More ›
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