Running Dry: Can the Farm Bill Help Fix the Racial Water Gap?
Decades of disinvestment have led to racialized disparities in access to safe drinking water and effective wastewater services.
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Becoming Abolitionist: A Lawyer’s Radical Vision
“The only way that we are going to get people to have a decent, equitable future is to completely re-envision this entire rubric that is suffocating and killing our people,” says lawyer Noelle Hanrahan.
The Power of Sharing Birth Stories
Why childbirth stories are valuable in shaping family transitions.
Finding Climate Solutions in Fairy Tales
What can stories of witches tell us about solving the plastics problem?
Can Astrology Be a Tool for Liberation?
Astrology is a map that directs us to deep connections and meaning-making.
Could Neighborhood Reuse Be the Future of Water?
Decentralized water recycling systems are a leading strategy to make water use more sustainable.
The Young People Reshaping Wildfire Policy
FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis
Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Native Sovereignty—For Now
The decision shows that Native nations can win—even against the odds—by uniting in a collective effort.
Using White Privilege to Ban Guns
A gun control organization run by women of color is putting white women on the frontlines of demanding a ban on guns.
Creation Stories: Mine and My People’s
A transracial adoptee’s search for her Indigenous roots.
A Step Toward Justice for the Community of Watts
L.A.’s district attorney just charged a polluting plant with 22 felonies.
The Art of Queer Joy
What does queer joy look like in this political moment? Three queer artists respond.
Murmurations: Lessons from Pride and Parades
In a world obsessed with the concept of forever, Cherizar Crippen encourages us to recognize the beauty in impermanence.
The Risk of Gentrifying Queerness
Has a fixation with visibility hindered the fight for collective LGBTQ liberation?
How to Build Solidarity Across Difference
“Deep canvassing” offers a model for how anti-racist Americans can practice what they preach and work to promote racial justice narratives.
The Unexpected SCOTUS Decision That Upheld Native Sovereignty
In Haaland v. Brackeen, the justices affirmed that Native Americans are not a race—they are independent nations.
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Birds
How one amateur wildlife photographer in India built a team of 150 conservationists.
A Summer Solstice Spell for Prideteenth
To mark the summer solstice, Juneteenth, and Pride month, Junauda Petrus offers a spell rooted in the erotics of abolition.
Reversing the Damage of Cannabis Criminalization
People of color were the most harmed by the war on cannabis, but we can heal the damage of prohibition and ensure a fairer future.
A Young Chief Helps His Tribe Navigate the Climate Crisis
Devon Parfait, 25, knows climate change may wipe out his people's lands, but he’s not willing to lose their culture, too.
One Climate Disaster, Three Different Responses
When record-setting rain fell in Brazil, responses varied between communities—and so did the number of lives lost.
Community-Powered Solar in Puerto Rico
With climate-fueled hurricanes in their past and future, Puerto Ricans are taking back their power.
So, You Think You’re a Good Ally?
Racial profiling is dehumanizing. Here’s what to do if you witness a person of color being targeted.
Julian Aguon Seeks Climate Justice Through Storytelling and the Law
The author and attorney believes we can overcome by leaning into relations—human and nonhuman alike.
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