One parcel at a time, Bay Area activists are pushing for land trust housing to decommodify land and take properties out of an unjust market.
Stan Cox is a research scholar in ecosphere studies at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. His six books include The Path to a Livable Future: Forging a New Politics
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Summer 2021: The Solving Plastic Issue Our summer issue took on one of the most pervasive problems facing our planet today: plastic pollution. We uncovered what happens to exported U.S. plastic
For mixed-race people, especially those of us who have one White parent, the answers to questions of identity can be confusing to sort out.
Congress members getting arrested is nothing new. It’s just the latest iteration of suppressing Black people’s voting rights.
Get clued in on a cross-section of Black people’s accomplishments, in business and beyond.
A Native writer finds meaningful connections between his heritage and his love for a show about bad movies and goofy robots.
The Sámi people of Northern Sweden oppose geoengineering as a solution to climate change because they say it follows the same logic that produced the climate crisis in the first place.
During the pandemic shutdown, only government protection kept many people in their homes. That shield is gone now.
Engaging residents opens the opportunity for them to thrive despite the ever-increasing climate emergency.
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Montreal’s depaving efforts make this Toronto-dweller green with envy (and inspiration).
Two decades in to the world’s largest seagrass restoration project, Virginia's coastal waters are once again vibrant and healthy ecosystems.
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The Algebra Project sprang directly from Bob Moses’ civil rights work in Mississippi, which transformed the state from a segregationist stronghold into a focal point of the civil rights revolution.
Despite roadblocks, the “Squad” has pushed progressive legislation, scrutinized the powerful, and changed the conversation around who gets to hold political power.
The senior U.S. senator from West Virginia harks back to a time when Democrats embraced working class values and looked to local leaders.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, comics to help you stay positive and take action.
The #BlackLivesMatter protests in 2020 sparked hard conversations within immigrant communities on how internalized biases based on skin-color remain prevalent.
The Hawaiian movement for self-determination was forever changed by the fierce and unapologetic leadership of the late Haunani-Kay Trask. This loving obituary written by one of Trask’s mentees explores her powerful legacy.
A celebrated storyteller draws on myth and metaphor to direct our gaze away from the screen and toward the wonder of the world.
“A nation isn’t defeated until the hearts of the women are on the ground.”
With a body weakened by chemotherapy, flat, low-elevation hikes have become my new obsession.
Baltimore is suing major oil and gas companies for spurring the climate crisis and the rising temperatures that have an outsized impact on low-income, urban areas.
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