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This Holiday Season, I’m Standing With Migrants
Faith workers across the US are hosting actions to stand in solidarity with migrants.
An Empire of Bases Poisons Water, Threatening Its Own Collapse
The US military’s fire-fighting foam is contaminating groundwater and sickening people in communities around the world.
The Troubling Link Between Attacks on Immigrants and Labor Activists
The targeting of immigrants has almost always been tied to wider attacks on labor movements and civil liberties.
“Feel-Good” Holiday Stories Are Actually Just a Symptom of a Crumbling Society
Circulating narratives like these reinforces the notion that inequality can be solved by an act of charity.
Superbugs Plague Afghan Hospitals
Afghan citizens are already dying because of the war, but drug resistance will mean even more deaths.
Facing 17 Ethics Investigations, Ryan Zinke Set to Resign
President Donald Trump announced Zinke's impending departure in a tweet Saturday morning.
Can Adopting a Complementary Indigenous Perspective Save Us?
We cannot afford to ignore or dismiss the perspective that has guided us for most of human history.
Trump and GOP Attack Vietnam War Veterans and Refugees
One Republican senator killed a veterans benefits bill as Trump plans to deport Vietnam war refugees.
UK Protesters Are Supergluing Themselves to Buildings to Fight Climate Crisis
The Extinction Rebellion movement began six months ago in the United Kingdom and has now spread to 35 countries.
Hundreds of Activists Stage Sit-In Against Big Polluters on Final Day of COP24
Hundreds gathered at the UN climate summit to demand bolder action from world leaders on climate change.