Sunday, December 14, 2025

On Indigenous People’s Day, a look at the movement to revive Native foodways and...

This means that restoring food sovereignty to Native communities requires the re-introduction of indigenous food production, distribution practices and infrastructure, in concert with the re-valuation of traditional ecological knowledge that has long been sidelined from Western notions of science.

Violence Against Women Act at risk of lapsing

“Republicans’ decision to include only a short-term VAWA re-authorization in the must-pass minibus spending bill is nothing short of an abdication of our responsibilities to women in our country."

Unemployment falls to lowest level since 1969 as economy adds 134,000 jobs

In spite of the unusually low unemployment rate there is little evidence of wage acceleration.

How the loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural world

The loss of indigenous languages is not Alaska’s concern alone. It affects all of us.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 5

Over 300 arrested at Senate offices during #CancelKavanaugh sit in, who talked to the FBI in the Kavanaugh investigation, Virgin Atlantic flies first commercial plane on recycled waste carbon gas and more.

Jerry Brown didn’t invite grassroots activists to his Climate Summit – they came anyway

The youth, indigenous, and climate and environmental justice groups gathered that morning were largely excluded from official programming. So, they created their own.
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Lift Us Up: Meet the activists on the front lines of the battle for...

We look at the criminalization of black and brown students that has led to what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline.

Why domestic workers are fighting like hell to stop Brett Kavanaugh

“Every day, I hear stories of working women just like me, stories full of pain, fear, silence and same.”

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, October 3

D.C. Democrats vote to overturn tipped wage increase approved by voters, Bernie Sanders issues a statement on Amazon's minimum wage increase, Trump makes fun of Kavanaugh accuser and more.

Share the wealth? We can start now – here’s how

Corporations have, in effect, become inequality’s single most powerful engine. We need to slow that engine down.