Environmental Justice

Murmurations: Puerto Rico’s Resilient History Mirrors the Mangrove

Half of the world’s mangroves are in danger of disappearing. Ensuring their survival is essential to Caribbean resistance movements.

Aliana Alexandra Coello Exclusa | May 15, 2025
An undated group photo taken at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. At least one hundred Native children stand in front of large boarding school.
Education

The Fight to Repatriate Indigenous Students Who Died at Boarding Schools

Trump’s funding cuts are stalling efforts to heal the wounds of this country’s tragic experiment in forced assimilation.

Frank Hopper | May 14, 2025
Climate Justice

Renters With Pets Organize After Climate Disasters

Tenant unions can help the growing push for true “pet-inclusive” housing that eliminates breed restrictions and pet deposits.

s.e. smith | May 14, 2025
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters gathered outside of the immigration and naturalization office in San Francisco on April 14, 2025, to protest unjust deportations and demand the release of activist Mahmoud Khalil.
Racial Justice

When ICE Comes, the Bay Area Protects Their Own

Rapid response offers a model of defense grounded in a refusal to let immigrants face harm alone.

Niloufar Khonsari & Elena Hodges & Vanessa Godinez & Esperanza Cuautle | May 13, 2025
Economic Power

Apocalypse Chow: Street Food Vendors Are Connoisseurs, Not Criminals

New York City’s Street Vendor Project is advocating for more official support and an end to harsh penalties.

Arun Gupta | May 13, 2025
Racial Justice

My Ancestors Knew That a Revolution Must Be Fed

Food is a vehicle through which Asians in diaspora can see ourselves in futures we have been excluded from.

Simi Kang | May 13, 2025
Wealth

Artists Deserve Cash With No Strings Attached

Artists contribute to the well-being of our communities. It’s time to give them a basic income.

Juliana Bidadanure | May 09, 2025
Film

A Victory at Bad River

The Bad River Tribe has taken on a billion-dollar Canadian oil pipeline company to defend manoomin and the fresh waters that sustain it—and us all.

Kala Hunter | May 08, 2025
Body Politics

The Screenings Saving Lives in Rural Guatemala

A simple, low-cost method is helping impoverished women identify abnormal cervical cells and prevent premature cancer deaths.

Stephanie Capper | May 07, 2025
Activism

Murmurations: An Ode to Collective Organizing

Through block-by-block organizing, we can transform our material conditions—from isolation and fear to care and cooperation.

Michelle Mascarenhas | May 06, 2025
Education

Educators Resist Trump’s Fascist Agenda

Trump’s attacks on public education are prompting people from all walks of life to fight back.

Marianne Dhenin | May 05, 2025
Body Politics

LGBTQ Elders Share Wisdom for Survival

“The Stonewall Rebellion is not over. We are at war, and we are still fighting back.”

Orion Rummler | Apr 25, 2025
Political Power

‘I’m Still Here’ Fights to Preserve the History of Brazil’s Dictatorship

The Academy Award-winning film spotlights the ongoing effort in Brazil to ensure the atrocities committed during the country’s dictatorship period are remembered.

Nicole Froio | Apr 24, 2025
Activism

Applying Lessons From the Armenian Genocide to Gaza

Armenians know from experience that genocide is a process, not an event, and they have lessons for those fighting for peace in Gaza.

Nancy Kricorian | Apr 24, 2025
Activism

To Resist the Trump Regime, Look to Iran

For more than four decades, Iranians have resisted through underground clubs, labor strikes, and other everyday acts of defiance.

Ari Honarvar | Apr 24, 2025
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