Peace and Justice
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Indigenous Seed Savers Gather in the Andes, Agree to Fight Climate Change with Biodiversity
by Erin SagenJul 30, 2014
- As climate change makes it more difficult to practice agriculture in their ancestral homelands, indigenous communities are exchanging seeds in hopes of finding the hardiest varieties.
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With 6 Family Members Lost in Gaza, This Young Man Keeps Telling Their Stories
by Democracy Now!Jul 28, 2014
- Amer Shurrab tells Democracy Now! about the six members of his family who have died as a result of the crisis in Gaza.
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Study Finds Indigenous Land Management Highly Effective in Combating Climate Change
by David KaimowitzJul 28, 2014
- The study highlights the story of Brazil, where increasing indigenous rights to the rainforest helped cut carbon emissions by 3.2 billion tons.
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Worried About Online Surveillance? Your Librarian Can Help
by Melissa MorroneJul 25, 2014
- A guided tour of ways to use your local library to protect your privacy online.
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This Transgender Widow's Struggle for Benefits Will Touch Your Heart
Jul 25, 2014
- A private person by nature, Robina Asti stepped into the limelight after her benefits were denied. Years later, her work helped change the Social Security Administration's policy toward transgender widows.
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“I Want You to Live In My House”: How U.S. Kids Are Welcoming the Central American Child Refugees
by Christa HillstromJul 24, 2014
- Ashamed of the public rejection of children seeking refuge in the United States? Here’s what you can do about it.
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Why Are Immigrant Children Flooding Across the Border? Jon Stewart Lays It Out
by Molly RuskJul 18, 2014
- More than 48,000 undocumented kids have been apprehended while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border this year.
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Why Target Stopped Asking Job Applicants If They've Been Convicted of a Crime
by Nur LaljiJul 18, 2014
- More than 60 counties, cities, and states—and some corporations—are reducing discrimination against former offenders by removing one small box from job applications.
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Photo Essay: First Nations Take Their Last March Through Canada's Dystopian Tar Sands
by Liana LopezJul 09, 2014
- Organizers agreed that the annual marches have helped raise awareness about the mining project. But their work is far from done.
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These Native American Filmmakers Are Telling Their People's Stories—Their Way
by Christine St. PierreJul 01, 2014
- Longhouse Media helps indigenous artists step behind the camera and document their lives.
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Change Is Divine: How Sci Fi Visionary Octavia Butler Influenced This Detroit Revolutionary
by Adrienne Maree BrownJun 27, 2014
- "The ideas in Butler's fiction challenge us to contend with our own choices and take responsibility for our own power."
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Video: In Rural Kenya, Solar Lanterns Cut Carbon and Help Kids Read
Jun 26, 2014
- Solar power can be transformative in places where people have to walk for miles just to charge a cell phone.
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US Patent Office Says It Won't Protect a Racial Slur. Here's What It Means for the Washington Team
by Molly RuskJun 20, 2014
- Democracy Now talks to Amanda Blackhorse, the Navajo activist who started a lawsuit to get the Washington football team to change their name.
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11 Years After Her Death, This 23-Year-Old Peace Activist Keeps Inspiring Us
by Kali SwensonJun 17, 2014
- Rachel Corrie was killed in 2003, but her passion for peace lives on in her writings.
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“Never Think You’re Worth Less Than the Boss”: How a Mexican Seamstress Learned to Speak Up for Justice
by Ana JuárezJun 06, 2014
- Ana Juárez started her first job at the age of fifteen, as a sewing operator’s assistant in Mexico. She was working at a local contracting company of global brands like Levi Strauss & Co. when senior workers began to organize.