Who Owns the Future of California’s Energy? Its Residents
Despite all the money in politics, the future of cleaner energy is in the hands of local communities.
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Love Little Free Libraries? These People Didn’t Stop at Books
From seed banks to free food pantries, the little library movement is taking off in neighborhoods across the country.
4 Reasons Trump Can’t Stop the Renewables Revolution
For starters, it’s way cheaper.
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care
Even Trump supporters agree we can learn something from the country’s universal, low-cost health care system. It’s that good.
“Carpe Diem Politics”: How to Do More Than Just Resist
Today’s social justice movements must seize opportunities, mobilize quickly, and, finally, embrace a carnival spirit.
What Legal Personhood for U.S. Rivers Would Do
Indian Country could finally see an end to nonconsented infrastructure projects if they follow New Zealand’s Maori in achieving legal protection for natural entities.
How to Feed Ourselves in a Time of Climate Crisis
Here are 13 of the best ideas for a just and sustainable food system, from saving seeds to curbing food waste.
It’s Not Just Nostalgia: “Real Things” and Why They Matter
In his new book, David Sax explains how giving into the lure of things like vinyl records and paperback books might actually make you happier.
Tribes Were the First Climate Refugees—and the First to Build Resilience Plans
The Swinomish of Washington produced a climate adaptation plan two years before the state. Now it’s a template for all of Indian Country.
Alaska’s Small Villages Turn Toward Renewables—And Don’t Look Back
Oil companies like to push the narrative that Alaskans want more oil development, but that’s not true.
Climate Justice Is Racial Justice Is Gender Justice
What is a “just transition,” anyway? Bill McKibben asks Jacqueline Patterson, the director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program.
Who Has the Skills to Build Community? We All Do
An online platform might be just the thing to spread around our grassroots genius.
Can Portland Build a System Like the Underground Railroad for Immigrants?
As ICE increases its arrests, 30 Portland-area churches have pledged to offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants. Anyone thinking of joining them must be ready to answer these hard questions.
What the Insanity of Mass Incarceration Has Done To Us
We have lived with mass incarceration for so long that we do not see that it’s making even those who are supposed to be free less human—and less humane.
The Defiant, Refugee-Loving History of New Mexico
How the state’s unique and open relationship with Mexico is overshadowing Trump’s immigration policies.
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How We Can Transition to a “Bottom Up” Economy
Three ways to rewire the economy for equality and ecological sustainability.
Reality Check: More Police Officers Don’t Equal Safer Neighborhoods
Earlier this year, activists launched a campaign called Freedom Cities to protect and uplift all people of color. (And, no, it doesn't include more police.)
Thanks to Amazon, Brick-and-Mortar Stores Have Lost 295K Jobs
And 32 other facts you should probably know.
You Don’t Need a Sanctuary City to Help Your Immigrant Neighbors
In Greensboro, North Carolina, sanctuary policies are banned. But that hasn’t stopped residents and local police from supporting immigrants in their community.
5 Ways to Take Your Love of the Outdoors to the Next Level
Get outside, roll up your sleeves, and take a stand for public lands.
When Hospitality Was the Norm and Multiculturalism Was a Good Thing
Despite border walls and travel bans, the Middle East is still a region where the weary traveler is welcomed and embraced.
How Photography Shapes Our View of Native Americans
Using an early photographic process, one photographer hopes to draw a line connecting what happened to the Dakota people in Mankato, Minnesota, 155 years ago and what is happening today to the Dakota/Lakota standing up to a $3.7 billion crude oil pipeline.
What Japanese Internment Taught Us About Standing Up for Our Neighbors
First, we must demand justice for ourselves. Second, those who have privilege and power must intervene for those without.
Why We Are Driven to Search for the Truth
It’s something we struggle to see more clearly, to realize day to day, to make more real in our lives. And that’s always messy business.
In One of the Nation’s Most Conservative Places, A Sanctuary City
Advocates in Santa Ana mobilize to educate, assist, protect, and inspire undocumented residents.
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