Manchin’s Pipeline Loss Shows Frontline and Green Groups Are Gaining Steam
“We launched our movement to breathe clean air … amid the Movement for Black Lives chanting ‘we can’t breathe’ and a pandemic disproportionately killing Black people.”
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Murmurations: Accountable to Our Ancestors
adrienne maree brown ponders how (and whether) we should be accountable to ancestors who held beliefs vastly different from our own.
Reclaiming Abundance Under Capitalism
Is there a way we can be critical of our cultures of consumption, while also preserving the spirit of abundance?
Going Beyond Charity: How Businesses Can Achieve Permanent Sustainability
A shift away from maximizing profits and to employee ownership can yield a more positive impact.
We Need to Replace White Feminism With Inclusive Feminism
By centering feminism on gender alone and conveniently sidelining the impact of whiteness, class, culture, imperialism, and religion on gender parity, white women have co-opted the feminist space. It’s time to change this.
On the Other Side of Reparations, a New World Awaits
Inspiring stories about our past can open portals to the world that awaits us and help us dream what a world with reparations looks like.
The Climate Injustices—and Solutions—Shared by Puerto Rico and Jackson, Mississippi
Solidarity can go a long way in connecting communities working through similar challenges.
An Indigenous Perspective on Reconnecting With the Land
“Once we collectively feel this connection, this relationship, we can then begin to understand the responsibility we have—the responsibility that I feel, and that my ancestors felt.”
What My Green Card Love Story Taught Me About Immigration
Insecurity and powerlessness are the norm for immigrants navigating the U.S.’s immigration system—even when they are married to a U.S. citizen.
We the People Are All in This Together
Changing course to transform into an ecological civilization will take international cooperation. But the U.S and China are setting a poor example.
What if We Believed Anything Was Possible?
If we don’t address our cognitive dissonance, we’ll get stuck where we are, and diminish our capacity for progress.
Consider the Banana
A new book of poetry by Paul Hlava Ceballos digs up the history of the ubiquitous fruit.
Murmurations: Accountable to Earth
In their September column, adrienne maree brown asks how we can hear beyond the human cry for help.
In the Wake of Yet Another Hurricane, Puerto Rico Needs Real and Equitable Investment
This crisis is political as much as environmental. Solutions require justice.
Murmurations: A Spell for the Fall Equinox
As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, adrienne maree brown offers a seasonal spell to honor the fall equinox.
Reimagining Safety and Liberation Without Police
We can work for safety and liberation by investing in community-based alternatives to policing, like mental health programs, public education, restorative justice practices, and economic justice.
What Capitalism Has to Do With Falling in Love
Even though most of us are sincere in our pursuits of true love, how much do we actually perceive love as a product, and how does this influence our relationships?
How TikTok Helped Me Find Community When the Health Care System Failed Me
“I can finally manage my PCOS in a healthy and sustainable way thanks to an unlikely ally: TikTok.”
Accent Bias and the Myth of Comprehensibility
Expecting people to speak a language in a specific way is more indicative of a colonial mindset and less of the speaker's ability to utilize and comprehend English.
We Can Talk About Abortion Without Being Ableist
The intersection of disability rights and abortion rights is complex.
Can a Third Party Be the Charm for Polarized Politics?
Outsider parties can have an effect on electoral outcomes aside from being labeled spoilers. But they almost never change the two-party dynamic.
The Transformative Power of Film
Storytelling—in all its images, metaphor, movement, and sounds—can be reflectors for self-understanding and containers for easing pain from times of crisis.
Murmurations: Breaking Is Part of Healing
Talking about endings can be scary, but they are necessary if we are to create something better together, writes adrienne maree brown.
Would You Drink Beer Made From Wastewater?
Repurposing water (with treatment, of course) is a safe way to help communities build water resilience in the face of growth and climate change.
The Work of Radical Frugality
Frugality isn’t just a virtue practiced by bygone generations. It can also be a break with an all-consuming capitalist system.
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