Yessenia Funes

A recent victory has sent the Army Corps of Engineers back to analyze the environmental justice effects of the Dakota Access pipeline.

In Greensboro, North Carolina, sanctuary policies are banned. But that hasn’t stopped residents and local police from supporting immigrants in their community.

Out of the ashes of burning Cheetos, the new season offers lessons in democracy, compassion, and humanity.

Voting won’t solve the nation’s problems. But it’s a start.

In his new documentary, Josh Fox says we can use love to push aside the fear and hopelessness that comes with climate change.

South Africa used truth and reconciliation to address its racist history. Now these organizers think it's time for the United States to do the same.

A successful energy transition to renewables could not only rescue the planet but create a more just economy.

A human rights campaign to protest Islamophobic rhetoric sent message-scrawled pillowcases to 31 governors who expressed support for refugee bans. And more are on the way.

A public health researcher explains why life expectancy in the United States is falling, and it has to do with income inequality rising.

Reversing the trauma of assimilation isn’t easy, but tribes believe that bringing ancestral values directly to the youth is the answer.

Activists, researchers, and an artist. For them, climate change is personal.

Like refugees everywhere, my mom gave her children the gift of a better life—and an understanding of what it means to risk everything for it.

A college professor is calling for a massive student-debt strike next year with only one necessity: that as many debtors as possible refuse to pay.

History has shown that when Latinos feel threatened, they fight back—with their voices and voting power.

Nearly half of Evergreen’s worker-owners have purchased homes through the program.

If those three measures pass, more states will be added to the list of places where healing from the drug war can begin, places where people will no longer face jail time because of a little nugget in their pockets.

The nurses’ unions focus on health gives them a unique perspective on climate change among organized labor.

The Nonviolence Handbook teaches that when we exhibit patience and refrain from criticizing others harshly, we're building nonviolent potential.

A new bill provides two years of tuition at a community college for participating high school grads who might otherwise face a 7.5 percent unemployment rate—and other states are already following suit.

Meanwhile, more Americans got insured, the oceans continued to become more acidic, and the world’s largest collection of rubber ducks grew at a rapid pace.

The city's mayor says the move will boost cycling in decades to come, creating a greener and more sociable city.