China and the U.S. are poised as the dominant players. Will they compete or cooperate?
The militarized response to communities of color signals a possible double standard in law enforcement’s acceptance of civil disobedience.
Tohono O’odham traditional lands extend deep into Mexico, and any border wall will face legal and physical opposition.
Since I moved here more than two decades ago, this is the first time I feel vulnerable. But I have faith in millions of Americans to defend my right to be here.
Look to Norway and Sweden, where cooperative, socially democratic countries emerged after a frightening period of extreme polarization and social fracturing.
Social change begins in the streets with citizen activism, but it’s important to realize this chapter of history is unlike any that has come before.
To address the bigotry that helped elect Trump, White people might consider the work ahead in their own families and communities.
There are 38 banks supporting the Dakota Access pipeline. I found out mine was one of them.
Cities can offer shelter and protection to their vulnerable citizens and become a place progressives can exert real power.
“We’re about protecting our future. And that’s what he should be about.”
Our task is to reject men’s claim to control women’s reproductive power and sexuality, while calling out White supremacy and a widening equality gap.
Here are three: Make room for your grief, be with friends, and don’t dismiss the people who voted for Donald Trump.
The Sioux tribe is facing a pro-oil president-elect with personal investments riding on the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline.
Don’t talk about moving to Canada or Costa Rica. Reach out to those who are vulnerable and promise to stand with them.
From reducing incarceration levels in Oklahoma to keeping kids out of adult prisons in California, voters gave a few significant wins to the rights of the incarcerated.
Four ways to turn election stress into courage and compassion.
This election will be the first in 50 years not to offer full protections under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But the Movement for Black Lives is hopeful.
Up to $460 million in credit is still at stake for the Bakken pipeline companies after DNB shed its pipeline assets and has begun a “fact-based evaluation” of indigenous rights abuses.
A four-month road trip showed me how many of us are already building a better America by working together.
Politics is not a parlor game where good manners always win out. It involves questions of power and privilege, which cannot be solved merely with bipartisan brunches.
Across the country, an uneasy series of consultations between tribes and the U.S. government is under way. While some tribal leaders are skeptical, others hold out hope.
Recent Standing Rock drone footage makes it clear that time is running out in the Dakota Access battle, and the fight for control of this land is becoming more urgent.
Right here, between the barricades on a North Dakota highway, is a pivotal confrontation between two world views, two futures.
If voters pass Proposition 57, it could ease some of the juvenile justice system’s worst get-tough-on-crime elements from past decades.
Maine’s unique solution for clean elections involves $5 contributions and campaigns funded entirely by taxpayers. And it’s working.
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