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Local ordinances grant legal rights to native stingless bees in Peruvian...

This marks the first time insects have received legal rights to exist, thrive, and be defended in court in the Satipo province and Nauta town.

Resistance works

How small groups took on great powers and won a victory for decolonization, Africa, indigenous peoples, and more.

Cultural values on Indigenous lands help forests thrive at nearly twice...

The findings challenge a longstanding assumption about conservation: that in order to protect biodiversity, people must be kept out.

Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government...

Native communities are twice as likely to have medical debt in collections, agency finds.

The National Day of Mourning honors indigenous resistance

A solemn tradition since 1970, the National Day of Mourning reflects on Indigenous genocide and land theft while advocating for justice and solidarity with global struggles.

Why Indigenous-led management is integral to reconciliation and restoration efforts

Indigenous traditional knowledge has the potential to overturn western systems destined for doom.

Forests thrive when Indigenous people have legal stewardship of their land

The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.

The day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Let’s move beyond stereotypes and recognize the ideas, movements, and rights of all peoples formerly and still subject to the violence of fossil colonialism. 

Biden’s Arctic drilling protections: Indigenous and environmental groups urge further action

Indigenous groups and climate advocates welcome Biden’s proposal to protect the Western Arctic from oil and gas drilling, urging further action for long-term preservation.

Facing a surge in wildfires, the US government turned to Native...

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories with long-term archaeological datasets, demonstrating the value of integrating an understanding of the past into solutions for a better future.

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Trump’s Ebola response cuts face renewed scrutiny as deadly outbreak spreads through Central Africa

WHO warns the outbreak in Congo and Uganda is “deeply concerning” as former health officials and aid experts say Trump administration cuts weakened the systems designed to detect and contain Ebola before it spread.

Woman forced to give birth in Brooklyn courtroom sparks outrage over conditions inside New...

Legal advocates and public defenders say a detained woman spent more than 24 hours in custody before giving birth on a courtroom bench in handcuffs, exposing what protesters describe as dangerous and degrading conditions in Brooklyn Criminal Court.

Automatic draft registration undoes a victory decades in the making

Quiet mass resistance led Congress to end compulsory draft registration, but a plan for “automatic” registration threatens that victory.

Trump EPA moves to dismantle key PFAS drinking water protections despite warnings over cancer...

Environmental advocates and public health groups say the Trump administration’s plan to weaken federal limits on “forever chemicals” in tap water could leave millions exposed to contaminants linked to cancer, liver damage, and other serious illnesses.

How Earth-centered education helps children learn through nature, play, and relationship

An ecological approach to learning uses outdoor play, storytelling, and shared experience to help children develop a kinship worldview—a deep recognition that living and nonliving parts of the Earth are fundamentally connected.