Nurses鈥� Unions Send Thousands to Climate March, Call Global Warming a 鈥淗ealth Care Emergency鈥�
The nurses鈥� unions focus on health gives them a unique perspective on climate change among organized labor.
Social Justice
The Key to a Sustainable Future Is Resisting Violence Every Day
The Nonviolence Handbook teaches that when we exhibit patience and refrain from criticizing others harshly, we're building nonviolent potential.
Occupy Offshoot Cancels $4 Million in Predatory Student Loans鈥攁nd Starts a Debtors Union
First, they started buying up鈥攁nd canceling鈥攊ndividuals鈥� medical debt. Now the people behind Rolling Jubilee are taking on student loans from a for-profit university that exploits the poor鈥攁nd the whole debt system could be next.
For the Beaches and the Barrios: Why Next Week鈥檚 Climate March Will Be the Largest Ever
We鈥檙e tired of winning the argument and losing the fight. And so we march.
#WhyIStayed: 20 Years After VAWA, a Groundswell of Empathy for Domestic Violence Survivors
From Janay Palmer Rice to Jennifer Lawrence, we blame women for the bad things that happen to them. But last week鈥攐n the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act鈥攚omen took the conversation back.
This Former NASA Intern Just Wrote The Best Sci-Fi Book of the Year: Monica Byrne on 鈥淭he Girl in the Road鈥�
A future where India is the major world superpower, gender is flexible, and energy comes from waves? This writer鈥檚 version of the near future feels much more real than apocalyptic nightmares we鈥檝e come to dread.
Today’s Movement for Racial Justice Has Found Its Graphic Designer (And Her Name Is Sandra Khalifa)
In this Q and A, the talented Khalifa talks about how she became interested in issues of racial justice, her work with the Dream Defenders, and the power of social media.
Let鈥檚 End Poverty: We Have the Money, Do We Have the Will?
47 million Americans live beneath the official poverty line, under a daily judgment of failure. The question today is: Whose failure?
The Faces Behind the Fight for $15 an Hour
For low-wage workers, Seattle's minimum wage increase means a chance to go to college, pay the rent, and visit the dentist.
Shaken by Violence, Ferguson Residents Gather to Talk and Heal
At the local farmers market, Ferguson residents find a safe place to deal with the trauma of Michael Brown's death.
Climate Comeback: A Grassroots Movement Steps Back Into the International Arena
Three major international meetings about climate change are on the horizon. Is this the moment to fix the failures of Copenhagen?
How the #FergusonSyllabus Can Help Teachers Talk About Race and Rights on the First Day of School
Teachers and educators collect ideas and resources for how to talk about Ferguson with students of all ages.
“We Need Tear Gas Packets Now!” Two Simple Ways to Support the Protesters in Ferguson
The goal is to raise enough money to send 500 treatments for tear gas exposure to support protesters in Ferguson, Mo.
Photo Essay: Indigenous Farmers Gather in the Andes to Plan for Climate Change
These photos document a gathering of indigenous groups from China, Bhutan, and Peru. They met in the spring to discuss climate change and plan a crop exchange program.
Palestinians and Ferguson Protesters Link Arms Via Social 麻豆社事件
Other tweets from Palestinians pointed out parallels in racial injustice between the two situations.
Tractors, Ritual Baths, and Dismantling Racism: Welcome to Black and Latino Farmers Immersion
The program brings together training in topics such as soil chemistry and farm planning with a deep analysis of how racism has divorced people of color from the land.
Berlin to Build a Mosque, Synagogue, and Church鈥擜ll Under the Same Roof
鈥淲e want to show that faith doesn't divide Jews, Christians and Muslims, but instead reconciles them.鈥�
A Bike that Stamps Your Message on the Street, and 3 Other Open-Source Tools for Activists
StreetToolbox offers new tools for the political communicator鈥攆rom a remote controlled car that writes messages in colored sand to a kit that turns your bike into a mobile printing press.
Guardians of the Plains: One Lakota Family’s Plan to Fend off South Dakota’s Epic Drought
Long years of drought in South Dakota have made it difficult for the soil to absorb water. A group led by indigenous women hopes to change that through a ambitious dam-building project.
Indigenous Seed Savers Gather in the Andes, Agree to Fight Climate Change with Biodiversity
As climate change makes it more difficult to practice agriculture in their ancestral homelands, indigenous communities are exchanging seeds in hopes of finding the hardiest varieties.
Study Finds Indigenous Land Management Highly Effective in Combating Climate Change
The study highlights the story of Brazil, where increasing indigenous rights to the rainforest helped cut carbon emissions by 3.2 billion tons.
Worried About Online Surveillance? Use Your Library
Librarianship may be shaped by the broader society, but it is also marked by opposition to a dominant commercial culture.
Gay Marriage Went From Unthinkable to Inevitable. Here’s What It Means for the Change You Want to See
The momentum behind the legalization of gay marriage came from grassroots action, not from court cases.
鈥淚 Want You to Live In My House鈥�: How U.S. Kids Are Welcoming Child Refugees
Ashamed of the public rejection of children seeking refuge in the United States? Here鈥檚 what you can do about it.
Why Target Stopped Asking Job Applicants If They’ve Been Convicted of a Crime
麻豆社事件 than 60 counties, cities, and states鈥攁nd some corporations鈥攁re reducing discrimination against former offenders by removing one small box from job applications.
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