Women face the greatest climate risks but are critical to climate action
Women and girls are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, yet women’s leadership and local knowledge are critical to building more resilient communities.
I’m a brand new activist—here’s what got me to join others in the streets
It’s impossible to truly understand an issue until it becomes personal in some way. That’s exactly what happened to me.
How Yemeni immigrant activists in NYC are changing a whole community’s mindset
This change, of course, has added a new and different dynamic to the community and, some have surmised, was one of the reasons the bodega strike was unlike anything the Yemeni community expected or experienced prior.
Police say seizing property without trial helps keep crime down. A new study shows...
Civil asset forfeiture laws, which allow police to seize property without trial, are frequently justified as tools to seize millions from kingpins. A new study reveals the median amount taken is as low as $369 in some states.
District Attorney asks FBI to investigate police detective assaulting nurse
“That’s not the way we treat people in our city.”
‘I cannot be quietly complicit’: Biden official resigns over Gaza assault
"I cannot represent an administration that does not value all human life equally."
How Does Fracking Affects Humans? Cases in Pennsylvania Proceed
Not only is water being potentially contaminated by fracking in Pennsylvania but oil companies are aggressively seizing land for a fracking pipeline that might not even be built.
It’s official: California lists key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup as cancer-causing
We should all keep the pressure on the EPA to ban glyphosate, for good.
Republicans won’t even debate “For the People Act” as they flood states with voter...
According to the Voting Rights Lab, 18 states have enacted more than 30 laws to restrict voting since the November election.
Teacher strike threat backs off ExxonMobil
Within hours of the union vote to strike, the company’s exemption bids were off the Board of Industry and Commerce’s agenda.