As a Trump Administration Fast Approaches, Cities and Towns Gear Up for Political Resistance
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
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20 Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
The community we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle.
How Trump’s Extremism May Help Us Expose One of History’s Greatest Political Deceptions
The Great Growth Con promises that economic growth—measured by gross domestic product—will benefit everyone, rich and poor alike.
New Year, New President, and Our Promise
We represent nonpartisan, independent journalism. Even in the darkest times, you can depend on us to report on solutions that can heal the planet and improve the lives of the many.
It Wasn’t All Bad: 5 Signs of Positive Change in 2016
The election divided the year into “before” and “after.” But there remain signs of hope for 2017.
Standing Rock Prepared Us for Trump’s Billionaires and Oil Giants
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.
How Community Land Trusts Can Fix Detroit’s Foreclosure Mess
Nearly one in six properties across the city faced tax foreclosure in 2015. Land trusts are one way to keep buildings affordable.
The Team Helping Human-Trafficking Survivors Find Justice—And Jobs
The Thai Community Development Center has played a part in some of the most notorious human-trafficking cases in the United States. But unlike other groups, it also helps workers post-liberation.
7 Things the Defund DAPL Campaign Has Achieved So Far (Including $28 Million in Personal Accounts Moved)
Public and consumer pressure on banks to quit financing the Dakota Access pipeline companies is producing results.
Arctic Waters Have Been Rescued From Drilling, But What About the Land?
Time is running out for Obama to say no to Big Oil and permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—and the people who depend on it.
Why I Kneeled Before Standing Rock Elders and Asked For Forgiveness
“We fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke … But we’ve come to say that we are sorry.”
How to Face a Trump Presidency: Resist, Reconnect, Renew
We can’t count on Republicans or Democrats to save us. Instead, we are the ones to build the world we want, starting in our communities.
Some “Unrecognized” Tribes Still Waiting After 130 Years
Federal recognition offers financial help, and those tribes without it have “second-class status in Indian Country” and remain vulnerable to local authorities.
Thanks, Trump! We Now Have Two Opportunities for Bold Progressive Reform
There’s an argument to be made that progressives are lucky Bernie Sanders didn’t win the nomination.
At Standing Rock, No One Goes Hungry: The Kitchen That Serves Traditional Lakota Food and Values
The landscape of these indigenous-led kitchens that feed thousands of water protectors is dynamic, much like the ad hoc camps that depend upon them.
How Standing Rock’s Divest Campaign Can Stop Future Pipelines
As banks begin to respond, environmental movements are learning the importance of speaking clearly about the financial risks of fossil fuel investment.
In One of the Nation’s Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm
In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.
Seattle Takes Steps to Divest $3 Billion From Wells Fargo Over Standing Rock
The proposal will be voted on next month and could have broader implications to ensure the city partners with socially responsible businesses.
Trump Played to Anger, but We Don’t Have to Fall for Divide and Conquer
We've been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come together to fix our corrupt political systems.
North Dakota’s Public Bank Was Built for the People—Now It’s Financing Police at Standing Rock
The nation’s only state bank was created to empower small farmers and local economies, but now it’s being used to silence indigenous people with militarized force. How did this happen?
Why the Founding Fathers Gave Too Much Power to the Supreme Court
What We the People lost when the Constitution gave monarchical power to a small band of unelected people in robes.
“This Is the Right Thing to Do”: Energy CEO on Ending Leases to Drill Near Blackfeet Nation
After 35 years of fighting for the cancellation of nearly 50 oil and gas leases, Montana's Blackfeet tribe scored an unexpected victory when Devon Energy voluntarily backed out of their claims.
No “Victories,” No “Defeats”: Watch Your Words If You Value Social Change
Taking a lesson from Standing Rock, we must be careful with language while working toward progress in the Trump years.
A Last Resort That Might Work: Small Town Votes In Community Bill of Rights to Ban Fracking
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.
What Happens After a Kinder Morgan Pipeline Approval? Anger, Then Strategy
In a moment like this, direct action needs to call attention to a moral crisis that demands intervention, much like what we're seeing at Standing Rock.
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