Articles by Brentin Mock

Brentin Mock is a staff writer at CityLab and Grist's former justice editor. Follow him on Twitter at @brentinmock.

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The public is wrong on climate, as it was on slavery, women’s rights

The latest polls show that Americans still just don't get it. But public opinion has always lagged on important issues.

Brentin Mock Politics
Frackers are terrorizing school kids in California

No surprise: Young people of color are hit hardest.

Brentin Mock Climate & Energy
Comedian Wyatt Cenac on mayo, hair salons, and gentrification

The former Daily Show correspondent says there are two kinds of gentrifier. Only one would open a mayonnaise shop.

Brentin Mock Culture
Big Energy has tried to turn people of color against solar power since forever

Happily, more and more people are seeing through the hype.

Brentin Mock Technology