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Indigenous Peoples
Trump’s Greenland Plan Would Trample Indigenous Rights, “Militarize the Arctic”
Following the US attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland.
Disability Justice Organizers Are Creating the Liberatory Future We All Deserve
Organizers share where they find hope in the struggle for disability justice as we go into the second year of Trump 2.0.
Ecuador Ordered to Pay Amazon-Polluting Chevron $220 Million
The oil giant was awarded hundreds of millions in compensation thanks in part to an international arbitration system.
First Nations Denounce Canada PM’s Tar Sands Deal Made Without Their Consent
“This project is not going to happen," the president of the Haida nation promised.
The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them.
The Trump administration is reviving the visual language of manifest destiny and weaponizing the US’s founding myths.
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
The Real Models for Sustainability in Brazil Are to Be Found Outside COP30
These Amazonian communities don’t count on Brazil or UN conferences to protect them. They defend themselves.
Government Shutdown Is Straining Many Tribes’ Already Thin Reserve Funds
Along with SNAP, federal funding for the Low Income Heating Assistance Program has also taken a hit.
Trump Cuts and Climate Change Compound Worry in Alaska After Typhoon Disaster
“Storms are going to get worse, and it’s not going to be livable,” said a tribal leader from the village of Akiak.
Oil Pipeline Threatens Catastrophe for Tribes in Michigan – Again
In 2010, an Enbridge pipeline burst. Tribes are concerned about another one built without their permission 72 years ago.