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Chicago Hackers and Activists Team Up on Petroleum Coke Storage
Chi Hack Night is a program that helps people use open source software around certain policies.
Youth-Led Direct Action Campaign Yields Trauma Center for Chicago’s South Side
Organizer Veronica Morris Moore discusses how activists' direct action campaign resulted in plans to build a trauma center in an underserved community.
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Who Will Pay the Price for Australia’s Climate Change Policies?
For thousands of years, Indigenous people have traditionally managed the land in the savannah regions of tropical northern Australia.
French Secret Service Agent Who Led Fatal 1985 Bombing of Greenpeace Ship Breaks His Silence
Jean-Luc Kister wants to apologize for his actions 30 years ago.
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Montana’s Fossil-Fuel Resistance Centers on Stewardship of Land
Meet the ranchers, grandmothers, professors, and tribes who are blocking oil equipment deliveries and getting arrested.
When Not to Listen to a Columnist: The Dyett Hunger Strikers Must Be Heard
Bronzeville has exactly one community high school left. This is the school the hunger strikers are trying to save.
Will Grassroots Movements Change the Political Discourse in Iowa?
Presidential elections are an opportunity for grassroots movements to punch above their weight - especially in caucus states.
How Seattle Made Dark Alleys Safer – by Throwing Parties in Them
Since nearly a third of the city's walkable spaces are filled with cars, these residents decided to take back the alleys.
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Guatemalans Say Reforms Needed Before Any Future Election
The current marches and mobilizations are a sign of hope that profound change could be on the horizon.
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Trial by Fire for Ecuador’s President Correa
The indigenous uprising, and the broader political dissention surrounding it, represents a watermark political test for Correa.