Naomi Klein Tells YES!: People’s Climate March Is a “Glimpse of the Movement We Need”
Naomi Klein’s powerful new book explains why not only can the climate movement win—but it’s our best chance at overturning some of history’s greatest injustices.
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Small-Scale Traditional Farming Is the Only Way to Avoid Food Crisis, UN Researcher Says
New scientific research increasingly shows how “agroecology” offers environmentally sustainable methods that can meet the rapidly growing demand for food.
Photo Essay: Scenes from the Heart of the #FloodWallStreet Sit-In
There was more to #FloodWallStreet than a guy in a polar bear suit getting arrested. Here’s a gallery of lesser-known moments from the day’s events.
West Virginia Cattle Farmers Build the Local Food Economy They Need to Thrive
The farmers working to build West Virginia’s local meat economy know that their fate relies on the success of the entire local meat ecosystem.
Three Projects that Block Violence Against Women By Bringing Communities Together
These projects show how everyday people can address violence in our own communities by breaking through the silence to interrupt abuse.
Workers in Maine Buy Out Their Jobs, Set an Example for the Nation
For the new worker-owners of the Island Employee Cooperative, the transformation into a co-op will create profound changes in their lives.
Time for a New Containment Strategy? What Climate Marchers Can Learn from the Cold War
The leading strategies in the climate justice movement already resemble the Cold War policies of containment, roll-back, and isolation. But can they wear down the political power of the fossil fuel industry?
Incredible Hulk and Former Goldman Sachs Guy Are Among the Many Pulling $50 Billion Out of Fossil Fuels
“Divest from fossil fuels and invest in a clean energy future. Move your money out of the problem and into solutions.”
Nurses’ Unions Send Thousands to Climate March, Call Global Warming a “Health Care Emergency”
The nurses’ unions focus on health gives them a unique perspective on climate change among organized labor.
Young Climate Marchers: Support From Boomers Makes Us Feel Less Alone
“It makes me feel happy and inspired that we have people of all generations who are thinking that more drastic, extraordinary actions are necessary.”
My Chicken Became a Cat—And Taught Me to Imagine a Happier, Healthier World
If there is one key to making it in a family farm—or in any business that thwarts the trend toward relentless greed and destruction of the planet—it is the ability to believe.
Largest Climate March in History Connects Crisis to Corporations
The enormous event will provide support to world leaders who will be asking for climate action at this week’s United Nations summit.
The Troy Davis Book Club: Three Years After His Execution, a Movement to Resurrect His Story
Across the country, readers—including those on death row—gather to share the Davis family's story and the hope of putting an end to the killing.
Can a “Firewall Strategy” Keep Big Energy Out of Climate Talks? It Worked for Fighting Tobacco
Kicking the polluters out of the negotiations may sound like wishful thinking. But there is a precedent: the global effort to regulate the tobacco industry.
Watch Out Wall Street, Climate Marchers Are Coming For You Next
A sit-in planned for the day after the People’s Climate March will call out the role of Wall Street in climate change.
Fictional Dystopias Teach Kids to Stand Up to Inequality—Don’t Dismiss Them As Capitalist Propaganda
Young Adult future fantasies like The Hunger Games and Divergent have been condemned as promoting free-market ideology. But these stories of revolution engage young people in deep conversations about identity and injustice.
Beyond Divestment: Climate-Concerned Philanthropists Pledge to Move Billions to Wind and Solar
Groups have been divesting money from oil, coal, and gas for years. Now they’re hoping to get more climate-healing bang for their buck.
Coral Reefs for Climate Justice? The Oceans Can’t Speak, But They Need Our Help
The world under the waves is under attack from climate change, overfishing, and pollution. But major marine sanctuaries are making a difference.
Occupy Offshoot Cancels $4 Million in Predatory Student Loans—and Starts a Debtors Union
First, they started buying up—and canceling—individuals’ medical debt. Now the people behind Rolling Jubilee are taking on student loans from a for-profit university that exploits the poor—and the whole debt system could be next.
See How the National Park Service Rocks Instagram
There’s no better way to celebrate America’s public lands than to visit them. But these Instagram accounts are a nice substitute for times when you can’t.
Why the People’s Climate March Won’t Stop Climate Change (And 5 Ways to Go Further)
An incisive critique of the People’s Climate March comes with a list of ways to step up our game.
For the Beaches and the Barrios: Why Next Week’s Climate March Will Be the Largest Ever
We’re tired of winning the argument and losing the fight. And so we march.
#WhyIStayed: 20 Years After VAWA, a Groundswell of Empathy for Domestic Violence Survivors
From Janay Palmer Rice to Jennifer Lawrence, we blame women for the bad things that happen to them. But last week—on the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act—women took the conversation back.
NY Unions Will Bring Fresh Ideas about Jobs, Energy to Historic Climate March
Key national unions are stepping up to support the People's Climate March on September 21. But some green radicals say unions need to create their own climate protection strategy that democratizes the energy sector.
Climate Change Puts the Food System at Risk. This Guy’s Open-Source Farming Style Can Help
This story is part of the Climate in Our Hands collaboration between Truthout and YES! Magazine. As climate change progresses, access to fresh, healthy food is becoming a more critical
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