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Biden Has a Chance to Oversee Biggest River Restoration Project in US History
Removing four dams in the Pacific Northwest will help salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.

Activism Made AIDS Treatment More Accessible — That’s What It’ll Take for COVID
AIDS researcher Sam Friedman discusses the lessons learned from the movement to lower prices for vital AIDS treatments.

Activists Demand G7 Take Urgent Action on Climate, Vaccine Apartheid and Poverty
Protests are planned throughout the G7 summit amidst a heavy police presence.

Civil Rights Leaders and West Virginia Miners Turn Up the Heat on Joe Manchin
Patience for Manchin’s self-serving intransigence is nearing a very loud end.

We Must Commit Ourselves to Long-Term Solidarity With Palestinian Liberation
Forging solidarity means equipping ourselves for the battle of narratives that is crucial to the Palestinian struggle.

A Growing International Movement Is Calling for a “People’s Vaccine”
Activist groups are pressuring wealthy countries and the WTO to let poorer countries manufacture their own vaccines.

Zionist Groups in US Operate Campaigns to Quash Palestine Solidarity on Campus
Surveillance of and smear campaigns against student activists are common features of pro-Israel lobbying operations.

Sunrise Activists Are Marching 400 Miles to Demand a Green New Deal Jobs Program
Sunrise Movement is demanding a $10 trillion investment over 10 years to mitigate effects of the climate catastrophe.

Protests Across Israel Signal Growing Palestinian Solidarity
More Palestinian citizens identify themselves as belonging to one people collectively resisting settler-colonial rule.

Anti-Fascism Is Not Simply a Moral Objection — It Is a Practical One
Our survival depends upon a rejection of the inherent pessimism and selfishness of fascism, says author Shane Burley.