Hip hop artists have protested police violence in their music for decades, just like Southern blues and jazz artists did in the late 1800s.
An appeals court overruled the shutdown of DAPL, pending a full environmental review. The fight against a pipeline that provoked unprecedented resistance continues.
As fire and disease move up the mountains, researchers race to find answers.
Three photographers offer perspectives on documenting the moment: “The revolution needs to be irresistible, right?”
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, what “I love lamp” has to do with climate communications.
Tenant-protection policies are spreading across California in response to pandemic-related housing insecurity.
Across the U.S., racial segregation was not the byproduct of urban planning but often its intention. Minneapolis, one of the most liberal cities in the country, is no exception.
The COVID-19 outbreak is the planet’s way of telling us to do better, both in the environment and in the economy.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Sarah discovers television.
By decolonizing the atmosphere and making climate reparations, Eric Holthaus shows just how hopeful the next 30 years could be.
There’s the octopus in the parking garage, and 26,500 other signs that climate change is here.
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Relationship violence threatens not only students’ physical safety and emotional well-being, but also their academic prospects. Some campuses are finding solutions to help keep survivors in school.
Earning the vote of Black American voters requires acknowledgment of our issues and proposed solutions in front of every audience—not just those flooded with Black faces. Without it, Trump can win.
A new group of allies is fighting a proposed asphalt plant that threatens their health and their homes.
The pollution caused by manufacturing, transporting, and disposing plastic harms communities who are already at a higher risk for COVID-19.
We can find hope in a perspective that does not mask the worst that can happen to us.
By addressing prejudices head-on with an open mind, blues musician Daryl Davis has succeeded in convincing over 200 KKK members and other White supremacists to disavow their allegiances.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, on blame-shifting.
Dramatic climate action is critical because we’re about to cross tipping points that are not reversible.
That both men were people of the cloth is no coincidence.
Youth climate leaders in Colombia, Sudan, and Ghana embody the voice of reason by embracing science, encouraging evidence-based decision-making, and challenging disinformation.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Empathy can go a long way when it comes to public health messages.
The Aloha State is working towards establishing a new, more equitable post-pandemic normal for vulnerable communities.
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