Tag: indigenous rights
Indigenous peoples control one-quarter of world’s land surface, two-thirds of that...
“What these new maps show us is that understanding Indigenous perspectives and Indigenous contributions to conservation are essential when negotiating local or global conservation agreements."
How indigenous knowledge is transforming the March for Science
“Indigenous peoples were always scientists. Their lives depended on it."
Stepping forward to lead on Indigenous rights
Indigenous women will not sit idly by while their rights to their lands are violated—the lands that sustain them and are part of who they are as Indigenous Peoples.
‘Medicare for all’ would fully fund Indian health for first time
Either Medicare or Medicaid: This is what full funding looks like. And a Treaty Right fulfilled. Finally.
Native tribes continue fight against pipelines
In the Midwest, Native resistance is gearing up for the next challenge.
To the millions who have stood up to the Trump administration:...
My gratitude goes out to the millions of Americans who launched a resistance that has slowed or stopped many of Trump’s policies.
4 people every week were murdered while protecting the environment in...
The killings of land defenders are growing and spreading.
Climate change will force Native Americans to adapt religious rituals yet...
Global climate change affects everyone. But for many indigenous peoples, natural resources are closely linked to religious beliefs and practices.
Why indigenous civil resistance has a unique power
Activists should draw out the connections between local struggles like #NoDAPL and the broader global climate justice movement.
Canada’s hollow celebration
As Canadians celebrate 150 years of nationhood it seems that the ongoing suffering of the country’s original inhabitants is once again mostly absent from the stories we tell about ourselves.
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As RFK Jr. shifts his 2024 strategy, he’s bad news for progressives
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offers progressives a mishmash of appealing statements, “free market” corporatism and assorted political toxins.
How about a general strike against Dollar General?
The brutal Dollar General approach to managing retail has paid off handsomely—for Dollar General investors and execs.
Microplastics in clouds could ‘modify the climate,’ study finds
The tiny particles have been linked with widespread environmental damage, as well as cancers and a range of adverse health impacts related to the lungs and heart.
Largest healthcare worker strike in US history set to kick off on Oct. 4
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in six states and Washington, D.C. are set to stop working for three days starting Wednesday to protest unfair working conditions and unsafe staffing levels.
The slow-motion equivalent of a nuclear war?
A "new Cold War" on an ever-hotter planet