A grand jury indicted one former Louisville police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor—but not for her death.
Quannah Chasinghorse is continuing the legacy of Gwich’in women working to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The 23-year-old Ugandan climate activist explains what the U.S. election will mean for the future of the planet.
If signed into law, California's AB-1993 would extend unemployment eligibility to more than 119,000 family caregivers, most of whom are low-income women of color.
If climate activists invest in Black voters leading up to the election, they could be a crucial voting bloc in November.
A first-time voter explains why this election is our opportunity to lead on the climate crisis—locally, nationally, and globally.
Four more years of Trump’s anti-environmental policies will make it too late to change course. So come November, let’s turn this ship around.
With Trump and Senate Republicans planning to push through a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it’s an open question if American democracy can survive.
A new initiative from LA’s Office of Immigrant Affairs aims to help immigrant business owners and essential workers gain access to economic relief.
The energy and intersectionality of youth along with the experience and engagement of elders are putting climate issues at the forefront of the 2020 elections.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, pinning my hopes on an average Joe.
College students are learning that caring about the environment should be part of learning about it.
In California’s most catastrophic wildfire season yet, an organization is challenging the state to hire firefighters who were previously incarcerated to help meet public safety needs.
Empowering Black Americans with access to own property and build wealth is key to cities addressing decades of racist policies and inequality.
8 Trust Indicators help public discern truthful journalism, encourage accountability and integrity.
Prioritizing short-term profits over everything else has created a system that is consuming itself to extinction. Here’s what an economy that valued human life and the planet would look like.
A former economic hit man describes his part in setting up what he calls a “Death Economy.”
We are witnessing a historical push toward the dismantling of imperialism, the decentralization of power, and the welcoming of non-white, non-European values into conservation.
It starts with knowing how we actually elect a president, and what your vote really means.
An unlikely partnership has emerged between ranchers and conservationists in the Sunshine State, in order to protect the state’s air, water, and wildlife.
In the wake of another police killing of an unarmed Black man struggling with a mental health disability, I asked what cops—and everyone—can do to help.
“I placed the phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched," says Joseph Prude.
This NYC teacher says going back to school amid COVID-19 is an opportunity to finally stop virtually segregating schools.
The August explosion in Beirut destroyed the country’s largest grain silo, accelerating a food shortage crisis. But Lebanese expatriates are rising to the challenge.
A conversation on the current uprising with The Root's Michael Harriot, historian Jamon Jordan, and the editors of YES! and Colorlines.
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