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Lives Are at Stake: A Formal Alliance Between Black Lives Matter and Reproductive Justice
Anti-abortion proponents have attempted to co-opt language from the movement for Black lives.
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Brooklyn Youth Create Jobs (and Community Roots) Through Local Compost Program
This neighborhood made gardens out of vacant lots to tackle gentrification and high youth unemployment.
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Hammer of “Justice”: Heartland Peace Activist Facing Felonies for Breaking Northrup Grumman Windows
Jessica Reznicek, an Iowa peace activist, was arraigned and charged with two felonies for breaking three windows with a sledgehammer at the Northrup Grumman facility.
This Bill Would Force Large Corporations to Pay a Fine if They Don’t Pay Workers a Living Wage
If implemented, the act would incrementally raise the minimum wage that large employers are required to pay employees to avoid fees.
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Labor Movement Needs to Organize Against Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association
If unions lose Friedrichs, the fallout might ruin labor for a generation or more.
Ordinary Americans Fought Big Money and Won in 2015
Groups have seized the moment by successfully using grassroots mobilization to push candidates to address money in politics.
Beyond Flint, Michigan: Mainstreaming the Navajo Water Crisis
Current public outcry may be a harbinger of an environmental justice movement ready to galvanize itself towards a higher calling.
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A New Era of Global Protest Begins
We have entered a prolonged period of dissent characterized by an escalation in the magnitude and diversity of public protest.
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Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More Than Weeds
Protests against Monsanto's Roundup - with its poisonous, weed-killing glyphosate - have spread around the globe.
Tim DeChristopher: “I Consider Myself to Be a Fossil Fuel Abolitionist“
Tim DeChristopher sat down with Earth Island Journal to discuss how his time in prison and his faith have influenced his activism.