What It Looks Like When Communities Make Racial Justice a Priority
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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.
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�
What It Takes to Get Women Out of Prison鈥攁nd Stay Out
The rate of women in U.S. prisons is growing faster than men. But in New Orleans, one group is successfully tackling sentencing for drug use and sex work.
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.
What鈥檚 Up, Pussy Hat? Knitting Activists Cause Shortages of Pink Yarn
In the weeks leading up to Inauguration Day and the Women鈥檚 March on Washington, a furious knitting revolution is sweeping craft baskets across the country.
Standing Rock and the Return of the Nonviolent Campaign
There鈥檚 something even better than electoral politics and one-off protests when mobilizing citizen power.
The Cherokee Nation Is Entitled to a Delegate in Congress. But Will They Finally Send One?
To deal with a Trump administration, the tribal nation might now want to use that 200-year-old treaty right.
10 Indigenous and Environmental Struggles鈥擜nd How You Can Help in 2017
Whom to call, what to donate, and where to show up.
Call for Submissions: 鈥淪anctuary Communities鈥�
Send us your ideas by Jan. 25.
As a Trump Administration Fast Approaches, Cities and Towns Gear Up for Political Resistance
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
20 Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
The community we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle.
It Wasn鈥檛 All Bad: 5 Signs of Positive Change in 2016
The election divided the year into 鈥渂efore鈥� and 鈥渁fter.鈥� But there remain signs of hope for 2017.
New Year, New President, and Our Promise
We represent nonpartisan, independent journalism. Even in the darkest times, you can depend on us to report on solutions that can heal the planet and improve the lives of the many.
Standing Rock Prepared Us for Trump鈥檚 Billionaires and Oil Giants
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.
7 Things the Defund DAPL Campaign Has Achieved So Far (Including $28 Million in Personal Accounts Moved)
Public and consumer pressure on banks to quit financing the Dakota Access pipeline companies is producing results.
Why I Kneeled Before Standing Rock Elders and Asked For Forgiveness
鈥淲e fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke 鈥� But we鈥檝e come to say that we are sorry.鈥�
How to Face a Trump Presidency: Resist, Reconnect, Renew
We can鈥檛 count on Republicans or Democrats to save us. Instead, we are the ones to build the world we want, starting in our communities.
Wisconsin Tribe Halts $1.5 Billion Open-Pit Mine
To protect vital wetlands, the Ojibwe tribe and local scientists and activists pressured industry to abandon plans for what would have harmed thousands of species of plants and animals.
6 Solutions That Support Native Sovereignty鈥擣rom Tribal Schooling to Bison Herds
Florida鈥檚 Miccosukee is the first tribe allowed to run its own school, where students fully participate in family and cultural activities.
Some 鈥淯nrecognized鈥� Tribes Still Waiting After 130 Years
Federal recognition offers financial help, and those tribes without it have 鈥渟econd-class status in Indian Country鈥� and remain vulnerable to local authorities.
Thanks, Trump! We Now Have Two Opportunities for Bold Progressive Reform
There鈥檚 an argument to be made that progressives are lucky Bernie Sanders didn鈥檛 win the nomination.
North Dakota鈥檚 Public Bank Was Built for the People鈥擭ow It鈥檚 Financing Police at Standing Rock
The nation鈥檚 only state bank was created to empower small farmers and local economies, but now it鈥檚 being used to silence indigenous people with militarized force. How did this happen?
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