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Indigenous Peoples
Trump Admin Plans to Place Statue of Christopher Columbus on White House Lawn
A White House spokesperson said Trump views the colonizer and genocidaire as a “hero.”
ICE’s Child Abductions Echo the Gestapo’s — But Its Tactics Are Homegrown
ICE’s kidnapping of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and other kids echoes the US’s long history of child snatching.
Trump Blocks Bill to Return Land to Florida Tribe That Fought Alligator Alcatraz
The US House has failed to override Trump's veto of a bill that would have restored territory to the Miccosukee Tribe.
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.
Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism
A new study found that vilifying protesters in public and through the media has been key to state repression tactics.
This Ojibwe Band Is Suing to Stop a Pipeline From Polluting Their Wetland Home
The suit targets a federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5, which the tribe says puts treaty-protected resources at risk.
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.