This year is certain to be the hottest on record, the first that will cross the critical threshold of 1.5C above the pre-industrial era. Climate scientists believe that crossing that threshold will lead to far worse consequences from climate change.

A new report from the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University finds that president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed cuts in climate policies will lead to “lost factories, lost jobs, lost tax revenue,” and “lost exports.”

W.E.B. Du Bois, born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts was a sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist whom the Encyclopedia Brittanica called “The most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.” He shared in the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and edited its magazine The Crisis from 1910 to 1934.

Jeff Johnson is the retiring chair of the LNS board. He has been a board member since 2018 and will continue in that role.

In response to the results of the elections, LNS issued the statement “Our Next Steps Together . . .” It said in part…

Excerpts from statement by President April Sims and Secretary Treasurer Cherika Carter, Washington State Labor Council on the 2024 election…

Jennifer Krill, Executive Director of Earthworks and a member of the LNS board issued this statement in response to Donald Trump’s re-election…

On November 20 LNS launched The Green New Deal from Below by its co-founder and senior strategic advisor Jeremy Brecher. 

On the day after the elections, 50,000 people joined a four-hour on-line event to plan how to respond. Sponsored by more than 200 organizations, the call heard from leaders of dozens of progressive groups, including the presidents of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the National Education Association (NEA), as well as members of Congress. More than 100 communities were organized on the spot.