The Department of Justice promised to consider nationwide reform in how the U.S. treats tribal land. Legal experts consider what, exactly, that might look like.
North Dakota’s militarized response to activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline—and the Standing Rock Sioux’s fierce resolve—reflect the area's particular racial divides.
Many worry audiences are aging out, but the reason isn’t that people of color can’t afford tickets—it’s that they feel excluded.
Why cities across the country are rejecting xenophobia: They know the economic and social value of newcomers.
Protecting the water and sacred sites brought people here. The experience of being here is changing lives.
From the Standing Rock Sioux to the Wounaan in Panama, indigenous communities are staking claims to traditional territories even when they no longer possess ownership rights.
The job growth that led us out of the recession has been in nontraditional jobs, and that's working well for women.
Bicycle equity for the Latino community of East Phillips means more than protected bike lanes—it means clean air.
The Good Work Code attempts to re-examine what workers and employers want and to build jobs around shared values.
Dallas Goldtooth, a veteran organizer of the Keystone XL fight, is amazed at the historic support from tribes at Standing Rock—even tribes that rely on resource extraction.
How to deal with anxiety, self-doubt, and “the check’s in the mail.”
After the pipeline decisions, many at the protest site wonder whether future generations will look back on this as a turning point in U.S.-tribal history.
The illusion of victory is a dangerous thing. We could undo what we have built at Standing Rock, this unprecedented act of Native American collective resistance.
Campaigns are a tactic, like protests and boycotts, and the trick is to use them wisely, not to prove how good you are.
Celebration and solidarity as hundreds of tribes unite behind the Standing Rock Sioux’s opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline.
Sixteen years ago, Arizona stripped state lawmakers of the right to draw electoral districts. Many lawsuits later, democracy is stronger—in some ways.
The Department of Justice promised “meaningful tribal input” on pipeline decisions and the protection of tribal lands, resources, and treaty rights.
The Nixon White House managed three Indian occupations. There are lessons for President Obama there—if he would just pay attention.
Instead of buying the items she coveted, this artist made paintings of them. Here’s what she learned after a year of not shopping.
From the “buy local” movement to public banking, we’re well on our way to a more democratic, cooperative, and people-centered economy.
If we can recognize our destruction of other animals’ habitats, perhaps we can recognize our destruction of all the living systems on which we depend.
As glaciers disappear, fish are expected to follow. But the Nooksack tribe of Washington state has a plan to keep nearby rivers and streams cool.
As Detroit’s public schools fight to stay afloat, Black families turn to a civil rights-era approach to education.
There is a profound sense of community born from the gathering of people and the exchange of goods at a market.
For the past year, the Food Literacy Project in Louisville, Kentucky, has sent its garden-on-wheels to local food deserts, connecting people to healthy eating and changing the lives of young people.
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