Decentralized water recycling systems are a leading strategy to make water use more sustainable.
FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis
The decision shows that Native nations can win—even against the odds—by uniting in a collective effort.
A gun control organization run by women of color is putting white women on the frontlines of demanding a ban on guns.
A transracial adoptee’s search for her Indigenous roots.
L.A.’s district attorney just charged a polluting plant with 22 felonies.
What does queer joy look like in this political moment? Three queer artists respond.
In a world obsessed with the concept of forever, Cherizar Crippen encourages us to recognize the beauty in impermanence.
Has a fixation with visibility hindered the fight for collective LGBTQ liberation?
“Deep canvassing” offers a model for how anti-racist Americans can practice what they preach and work to promote racial justice narratives.
In Haaland v. Brackeen, the justices affirmed that Native Americans are not a race—they are independent nations.
How one amateur wildlife photographer in India built a team of 150 conservationists.
To mark the summer solstice, Juneteenth, and Pride month, Junauda Petrus offers a spell rooted in the erotics of abolition.
People of color were the most harmed by the war on cannabis, but we can heal the damage of prohibition and ensure a fairer future.
Devon Parfait, 25, knows climate change may wipe out his people's lands, but he’s not willing to lose their culture, too.
When record-setting rain fell in Brazil, responses varied between communities—and so did the number of lives lost.
With climate-fueled hurricanes in their past and future, Puerto Ricans are taking back their power.
Racial profiling is dehumanizing. Here’s what to do if you witness a person of color being targeted.
The author and attorney believes we can overcome by leaning into relations—human and nonhuman alike.
Queer ecology embraces the plurality and paradox of nature, rather than forcing it into the binaries and categories that our society craves.
Data from rural Placer County, California, mirrors a larger national trend that shows fewer teen pregnancies, reduced youth crime rates, and higher educational attainment.
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The LA-based Star Garden Topless Dive Bar just voted in favor of joining the Actors’ Equity Association, making it the first unionized strip club since the now-defunct Lusty Lady in San Francisco and Seattle.
Reading science fiction and fantasy can help young people learn how to cope with stress and anxiety.
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