Tag: activists
As Noam Chomsky turns 93, he urges young people to create...
He finds hope in the activism of young people “to create a much better world than the one we have.”
How to save the world: Everything you need to know about...
"Yes, it's true that you can't solve the climate crisis alone, but it's even more true that we can't solve it without you. It's a team sport."
7 books every activist needs to read
Activism can be a long and exhausting road but there are so many sources of inspiration out there. From indigenous protesters to LGBTQ heroes, recharge your activism with these essential stories of standing up to power.
Activist voices missing from corporate coverage of uprisings
Establishment media overwhelmingly turned to columnists, pundits and government officials for interpretation of the uprisings—rather than to the activists facing tear gas on the frontlines.
Earth Day activists wanted to disrupt the fossil fuel industry. The...
We need to speed the transition to the solar panels and wind turbines that engineers have worked so mightily to improve and are now the cheapest way to generate power.
2 butterfly defenders found dead within a week in Mexico
"How can you protect the butterflies if Homero Gómez or other people are not protected?"
As the decade closes, the power of protest endures
A new global social movement is growing, in schools and on the streets.
Watch: Young activists fight for undocumented students’ safety in school
Brave New Films is spotlighting youth-led and intergenerational organizations across the U.S. through its #YouthinAction series.
School strike for climate: Meet 15-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, who inspired...
“We need to change ourselves now, because tomorrow it might be too late.”
‘Our leaders are behaving like children:’ Teen climate activist confronts world...
"The people will rise to the challenge. And since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take the responsibility they should have taken long ago.”
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.