Historically, Indigenous and Black folks have been turned against each other by colonizers and enslavers. Now, communities are learning from one another and finding solidarity in efforts to reclaim stolen lands.
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Organizers are tackling climate displacement from all angles—advocating for climate-displaced people, providing them with resources, and making their communities more climate-resilient.
Colonization, through genocide, land theft, and the imposition of private property, has dispossessed Indigenous and Black peoples of their homelands across the continents for generations.
Their success is changing the perception of Aboriginal communities from “fish thieves” to leaders in regional development.
Native study of the natural world is exceptionally deep and nuanced at understanding and protecting ecosystems.
Name-calling in politics grabs headlines, but voters don’t like it—and it could backfire in the 2022 midterm elections.
Cities across the U.S. are looking to citizen science for data on heat waves and other climate impacts.
Native farmers want newcomers to know there’s nothing novel about caring for the land that grows our food.
The public banking movement is creating an opening wedge for the transfer of our financial system from private to public control.
Survivors of one of the worst storms in Puerto Rico's history share their stories and how they resorted to mutual aid in the face of government neglect and incompetence.
Texas’ new anti-abortion law has just gone into effect after the Supreme Court refused to step in. Here’s what it means.
The Taliban "has not changed," say women facing subjugation in areas of Afghanistan under its rule.
When schools achieve environmental justice, the whole climate benefits.
Amid a pandemic biking boom, cycling education organizations are working to make sure access is equitable and inclusive.
Private equity firms snatched up rental properties, then neglected them. So Minneapolis activists organized the tenants to fight for their rights.
Bills have been introduced in several states that saw the pandemic recession as a clarion call for keeping their money at home.
An Indian biologist went door-to-door, listening and helping people develop livelihoods, to ultimately save an endangered species.
With every aspect of Uyghur life under threat in Xinjiang, China, young Uyghurs in the diaspora have rallied to connect with their culture and each other
Multiple investigations at the state and federal level—plus private lawsuits—await Trump in private life.
Activists prepared for months, expecting Trump to steal the election. They were right, and he failed.
As the U.S. considers how to reopen, stimulate, and recover its economy post-pandemic, how radically could it be reimagined?
There’s a growing environmental movement in Kentucky, and more leaders than ever are speaking the language of sustainability.
Young voters are intimately aware that they will be forced to bear the full effects of climate change—and they’re voting with that in mind.
American climate policy can be salvaged, but environmentalists say action has to be swift and sweeping.
The energy and intersectionality of youth along with the experience and engagement of elders are putting climate issues at the forefront of the 2020 elections.
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