Environmental Activism

Portugal youth climate strike

The Youth Climate Movement Is Just Getting Started The Youth Climate Movement Is Just Getting Started

The nascent activist movement has continued to expand across the world, and politicians are taking notice.

Jun 13, 2019 / StudentNation / Angely Mercado

Philippines Indigenous Protestor

Duterte’s Chinese-Funded Dam Will Displace Indigenous Communities Duterte’s Chinese-Funded Dam Will Displace Indigenous Communities

An ambitious plan to improve Manila’s water shortage is leaving Filipino villagers high and dry.

Jun 13, 2019 / Nick Aspinwall

‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military

‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military ‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military

Residents of the US commonwealth have discovered an apparently illegal Navy strategy to help it construct Pacific bombing ranges.

Jun 12, 2019 / Chris Gelardi and Sophia Perez

Climate Student Protests

‘This Is Wholesale Child Neglect’: The Silence of School Leaders on the Climate Crisis ‘This Is Wholesale Child Neglect’: The Silence of School Leaders on the Climate Crisis

Many educators say school boards and education groups should speak out on climate inaction, but those calls aren’t always being well-received.

Jun 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Caroline Preston

Jay Inslee

Dammit, Democrats! Organize a Climate Debate! Dammit, Democrats! Organize a Climate Debate!

The DNC has made a morally and practically wrong choice with its rejection of proposals for a debate on the existential issue of our time.

Jun 7, 2019 / John Nichols

Refugee child in Hungary

Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis

The alternative is the death of millions and a world fractured by nationalism.

Jun 6, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Varshini Prakash

Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution

“We didn’t ask to have the responsibility of protecting human civilization on our shoulders. But we’re stepping up to the plate.”

Jun 4, 2019 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson

European Elections

What Just Happened in Europe? What Just Happened in Europe?

Three takeaways from last week’s results. 

May 29, 2019 / David Adler

Indigenous-Colombian Protest

For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace

Hundreds of human-rights defenders have been killed since the accords. And Afro-Colombians like Goldman Environmental Prize–winner Francia Márquez are a particular target.

May 23, 2019 / Roosbelinda Cárdenas

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II? What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

The new Covering Climate Now project will help media “tell the story so people get it.”

May 22, 2019 / Feature / Bill Moyers

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