鈥淰alve Turner鈥� Case a Mistrial, but Also a Warning for Direct Action Activists
Criminal sabotage was one of the charges for Ken Ward, who with fellow activists in Minnesota, Montana, and North Dakota shut down pipelines carrying tar sands oil.
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Defund DAPL Spreads Across Indian Country as Tribes Divest
The Navajo Nation is making moves to join a growing number of tribes that have already respectfully, but conclusively, shown Wells Fargo the door.
Changing Hearts and Opening Minds鈥擨t Happens When We Listen
We can start difficult conversations by speaking from the heart and sharing our wish for a world where everyone is safe and free.
A 10-Point Plan to Stop Trump鈥擜nd Make Gains in Justice and Equality
The first step? Recognize that we represent the majority.
鈥淲e Don鈥檛 Want Your Tiny Hands Anywhere Near Our Underpants鈥�
How feminist punk bands are igniting the fight against Donald Trump.
5 Ways Indian Country Can Resist Trump鈥檚 Chaos
North Dakota鈥檚 move to put states in charge of reservations is just one example of the possible nonsense to come. The Trump Era will require new strategies.
Tribe Uneasy About Border Surveillance Plans on Their Land
Tensions are high on the Tohono O鈥檕dham Nation, where Border Patrol has proposed high-tech surveillance towers as part of a sophisticated 鈥渧irtual wall鈥� system.
Trump Impeachment Campaign Begins
Never has a modern president so flagrantly violated the Constitution. A constitutional law attorney explains this unprecedented situation in American history鈥攁nd what we can do about it.
Standing Rock Chairman Demands 鈥淟eader to Leader鈥� Meeting With Trump
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reportedly has been directed to issue the Dakota Access pipeline easement, even though the environmental review is in the middle of a public comment period.
Take Notice, Trump: We Are Not Protestors鈥擶e Are Protectors
When we call ourselves protectors, we cast our role as fulfilling our responsibility to the community that sustains us鈥攏ot for our personal benefit, but for the benefit of all.
Don鈥檛 Let Trump Distract You: Public Comment on DAPL Is Now Open
Now until Feb. 20 is the public鈥檚 chance to push for a full review of the pipeline鈥檚 climate impacts. Here鈥檚 what to do.
The Never-Ending Indian Wars: Spotlight Returns to Standing Rock
The drama and injustice on display at Standing Rock have taught a new generation of observers what Native Americans already know: Even today, theirs is a brutal fight to survive.
Solidarity鈥擯lus 10 Other Reasons Women Showed Up to March
The Women鈥檚 March on Washington illustrated what a wide variety of issues women will have in the years ahead with Donald Trump.
An Artist Went to the Women鈥檚 March and Sketched What She Saw
Intrepid journalist and artist Sarah Lazarovic traveled to the Women's March on Washington to march and meet the inspiring people gathered there. And while she was marching, she was drawing.
How to Work With Trump? Big Resistance (Really Big, The Biggest Ever)
Opportunities for bridging partisan divides will be rare. Success for Democrats should be defined by laws and appointments denied or delayed.
How Somali Muslims Are Raising a 10,000-Person Anti-Hate Army
The large refugee community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, and tensions are expected to get worse. But they鈥檝e got a plan.
To Women Marchers: Just Because You Don鈥檛 Feel Welcome Doesn鈥檛 Mean You Don鈥檛 Belong
Issues that impact the womanhood of any one of us鈥攄irectly or indirectly鈥攊mpact all of us.
Big Protests Are Fine, But Here鈥檚 a To-Do List for Lasting Change
After the inauguration and the Women鈥檚 March on Washington, what comes next? To make real change, we鈥檒l need to build power where we live.
Has History 鈥淪anitized鈥� King鈥檚 Words? Inside the Push to #ReclaimMLK Day
Organizers hope to connect today鈥檚 civil rights movements to those of the past with a week of demonstrations across the country leading up to Inauguration Day.
Post-Fascist Europe Tells Us Exactly How to Defend Our Democracy
Have your passports ready, watch your language, and other advice from a Yale history professor.
Nader Calls for a Different 1 Percent
Author and activist Ralph Nader wants to create a new 1 percent鈥攐ne that will expose 鈥渃onditions of deprivation and abuse鈥� and champion 鈥渂asic fair play.鈥�
3 Ways Progressives Can Reconnect With Rural America
First, understand the environment is not only about climate change鈥攊t鈥檚 about livelihood for miners, drillers, loggers, and farmers like me.
Something Better to Offer Trump Voters Tired of Waiting for Their Turn
A world free of extremes of wealth and poverty in which no one needs to stand in line for a chance at a secure and fulfilling life.
The Trump Era Will Test Us. What Are You Willing to Risk?
Many of us have never had our courage or convictions challenged in frightening ways. That may change.
Love in the Time of Trump (A Letter to My Beloved About His White Privilege)
After the election, I initially thought the best way to show my solidarity and stay safe was to huddle with my own. But refuge can be found in many places.
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