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And two other grandmas we love expanding health care in their communities.

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In a growing number of states, communities are demanding more self-governance over everything from environmental sustainability to gun control.

Recent research has shown cities what works. For starters, hire more female police officers.

Mosquitoes don’t like fans, and other tips to keep them off naturally.

From Cornel West to Bill McKibben, Sanders picks some heavy-hitting social movement leaders for the Democratic National Committee.

In communities of color where voter turnout has historically lagged, in-person interaction seems to be the most effective fix.

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The first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells.

Still recovering from the worst oil spill in U.S. history, Gulf Coast activists battle the threat of new offshore oil wells.

Most small farms have to follow the same rules as big corporate ones. In Maine, flexible food ordinances have increased the number of small farmers.

Natural resource scarcity and unpredictable weather affect women first, yet they’re often the last to be heard on how to combat it. That’s slowly changing.

In response to climate change, a growing number of schools are taking kids outside to show them how a warming planet affects their local environment.