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Racial Justice | Affordable housing | Wealth and inequality

The Grassroots Fight for Housing Justice in Baltimore

Tired of waiting for the city to address housing justice, Baltimore鈥檚 constellation of grassroots activists and institutions are charging forward to keep residents in their homes and increase availability of affordable housing.

Jaisal Noor | Dec 27, 2022

Racial Justice | Criminal justice reform

Abolishing the Nation鈥檚 Largest Jail System

L.A. County activists are working to replace violent jails with mental health facilities, and to reallocate funding from incarceration toward social services.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Dec 16, 2022

Illustration of Grey clouds raining drops of water and radioactive symbols

Climate

Carving a Better Tomorrow Out of a Worsening Today

Frida Berrigan reflects on living in a world of tipping points.

Frida Berrigan | Nov 28, 2022

Racial Justice | Pipeline resistance | Climate

Manchin鈥檚 Pipeline Loss Shows Frontline and Green Groups Are Gaining Steam

鈥淲e launched our movement to breathe clean air 鈥� amid the Movement for Black Lives chanting 鈥榳e can鈥檛 breathe鈥� and a pandemic disproportionately killing Black people.鈥�

Justin J. Pearson | Oct 28, 2022

Reproductive rights | Gender justice | Women | Racial Justice | Immigration

Intersectional Activism in a Post-Roe World

Abortion bans tend to disproportionately impact vulnerable populations in low-income, rural communities. Here鈥檚 how young people of color are fighting back.

Cynthia Via | Oct 13, 2022

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Voter suppression | Clean elections

Getting Voters the Truth in a Whirlwind of Lies

In Arizona, voter groups reach out to Latino citizens to combat misinformation spread by election-denier candidates.

Lourdes Medrano | Oct 11, 2022

Climate

What a 鈥淕reen Amendment鈥� Can Do for Environmental Justice

The Supreme Court curbed the EPA鈥檚 ability to restrict emissions, so states are looking to enshrine rights to 鈥渉ealthful environments鈥� in their constitutions.

Sam Jones | Sep 2, 2022

On Becoming a Somatic Abolitionist

Resmaa Menakem intersperses political commentary and predictions about American democracy with explanations of how racialized trauma presents in our bodies, and offers body-focused exercises to deal with it.

Ruth Terry | Aug 16, 2022

Climate

Baby Boomers Mobilize Around Climate Change

The generation鈥檚 organizing experience, voter turnout, and spending power make them a powerful force for change.

Danielle Renwick | Jul 27, 2022

Jobs

A Growing Wave of Unionizing Drives Change

From Amazon to Starbucks, employees are demanding better pay and working conditions from companies that have long had a free hand to maximize profits at any cost.

Mike Elk | Jul 21, 2022

Reproductive rights

The Political Power of Pro-Choice Protests

In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, protests remind the Left how political change happens.

Dr. Nolan Higdon, Mickey Huff | Jul 19, 2022

Racial Justice

Unlearning Racism As a Non-Black Person of Color

A young, mixed-race Iranian American realized during the 2020 racial justice uprisings that being a person of color didn鈥檛 mean she was automatically an expert on race and racism.

Gabrielle Ghaderi | Apr 6, 2022

Women Against the Bomb: Mothers of the Revolution

A new documentary interviews 鈥淕reenham Common Women鈥濃€攖ough, dedicated protesters in the struggle against nuclear weapons and nuclear war.

Valerie Schloredt | Mar 30, 2022

Racial Justice

Abolitionists and Environmentalists in Atlanta Band Together to 鈥淪top Cop City鈥�

鈥淭he people who are killing us can鈥檛 also be the people who are keeping us safe.鈥�

Mira Sydow | Mar 22, 2022

Climate

How to Get Past Despair to Powerful Action on Climate Change

The evidence is clear that people are changing the climate dramatically. But human actions can also affect the climate for the better.

Michael E. Mann, Thomas S. Bateman | Mar 16, 2022

Local power

How Ukrainian Civilians Are Resisting Military Force

Unarmed Ukrainians changing road signs, blocking tanks, and confronting the Russian military are showing their bravery and strategic brilliance.

Daniel Hunter | Mar 1, 2022

Climate | Education

Environmental Education Is Falling Short. Activism Can Help

鈥淲e can鈥檛 afford to let our education systems get in sustainability鈥檚 way.鈥�

Peter Sutoris | Jan 24, 2022

Sustainable food and farming

How India鈥檚 Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi鈥檚 Farm Bills鈥攁nd Won

Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers spent a year relentlessly protesting the Modi government鈥檚 push to corporatize Indian agriculture. Their fight offers a model for social movements worldwide.

Amandeep Sandhu | Jan 19, 2022

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