Environment

PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests

PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests

In the year since the last activists were evicted, the crackdown on journalists and activists has only intensified.

Feb 16, 2018 / Photo Essay / Zoë Carpenter and Tracie Williams

Chao and Trump

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is to Spend Less on Infrastructure Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is to Spend Less on Infrastructure

The administration’s plan is to spend money with one hand, and take it away with the other.

Feb 13, 2018 / David Dayen

Textile factory worker

The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050 The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050

What would it take to make the fashion industry truly sustainable?

Feb 13, 2018 / Michelle Chen

A participant holds a sign saying

Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act

You can also get your friends to call Congress to oppose Trump’s infrastructure plan and support undocumented youth walking from New York City to DC.

Feb 13, 2018 / NationAction

Ecocide

Ecocide Ecocide

A rigged platform.

Feb 13, 2018 / OppArt / Zoe Matthiessen

Coal power plant

Donald Trump’s Extract-Everything Energy Policy Dooms Us All Donald Trump’s Extract-Everything Energy Policy Dooms Us All

The expansion of the fossil-fuel industry has been transformed into a major component of American foreign policy.

Feb 12, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi?

No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi? No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi?

Japan is the world’s biggest consumer of tuna. Fishermen on the island of Iki are challenging official policy so as to stop the decline of Pacific bluefin tuna stocks.

Feb 8, 2018 / Yuta Yagishita

Climate change protest

Climate Change Isn’t Just About the Planet Climate Change Isn’t Just About the Planet

It’s about justice: racial, social, socioeconomic, reproductive, and environmental. It’s about immigration reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, and religious freedom.

Feb 7, 2018 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona

Kevin de León

Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California? Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California?

He’s challenging incumbent Dianne Feinstein on foreign policy, immigration, and the national-surveillance state.

Feb 7, 2018 / Q&A / Sasha Abramsky

Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam

Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam

You can also join a campaign to make your community fossil fuel–free or show up to fight attacks on immigrant communities. 

Feb 6, 2018 / NationAction

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