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The Myth of Plastic Recycling

Judith Enck on the failures of US regulation and the grassroots movements demanding accountability in her new book, The Problem With Plastic

April 9, 2026 • by Judith Enck and Katya Wack

When a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, most people saw a news story about a toxic spill, a controlled burn, and a small town blanketed in chemical smoke. What far fewer realized was that the substance deliberately set on fire was vinyl chloride: the building ...

Longtermism’s story is about how money gives immensely damaging ideas a foothold with philosophers and the public

April 8, 2026 • by Alice Crary

This is an inaugural lecture, delivered at an intense, precarious moment. Staff and faculty at the New School for Social Research, including legacy Schools of Public Engagement, and staff and faculty at parts of Lang and Parsons, have been told many will soon be fired. We are members of a ...