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Indigenous Peoples

A protester holds a sign reading "HONOR TREATIES, WATER, HEALTH, LIFE! NOT OIL" during a demonstration
News
Environment & Health

Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Battle Heats Up in Michigan

Enbridge has ignored orders by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to cease the flow of oil to Line 5.
by
Mary Annette Pember,
Indian Country Today
May 24, 2021
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MAMAS members Denice Bronis, Armanda Shackelford, and Rosemary Cade join American Friends Service Committee-Chicago and the End IL Prison Lockdown Coalition for the Mother's Day Action to #FreethemAll, "Tell JB to Set our Loved Ones Free" on May 7, 2021.
Op-Ed
Racial Justice

Let’s Celebrate Mothers Who Are Fighting to Set Their Loved Ones Free

On Mother’s Day, let’s join these mamas and stewards of care who are resisting state violence and injustice globally.
by
Nadine Naber,
Souzan Naser &
Johnaé Strong,
Truthout
May 9, 2021
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A woman recieves a covid vaccine
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Environment & Health

Capitalism and Racism Are Enemies of an Effective Vaccine Plan

COVID’s impacts have been felt the most by the economically marginalized who also have the least access to vaccines.
by
Robert R. Raymond,
Truthout
May 2, 2021
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People watch the Walbridge fire, part of the larger LNU Lightning Complex fire, from a vineyard in Healdsburg, California, on August 20, 2020.
News
Environment & Health

California’s Wildfire Season Looms. Regenerative Agriculture Could Offer Hope.

California may see an earlier fire season, but regenerative agriculturalists say benefits to their approach are visible.
by
Leanna First-Arai,
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April 22, 2021
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A protester holds a sign reading "NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL"
News
Environment & Health

90% of the World Breathes Polluted Air. Symbolic Emission Targets Aren’t Enough.

Biden is set to officially announce new emissions targets this week. What he does next will be key.
by
Leanna First-Arai,
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April 21, 2021
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Lizzy Jarret, Paul Silva, Leetona Dungay and family members deliver a petition to NSW Parliament calling for immediate action and the investigation of Aboriginal deaths in custody including the death of David Dungay Jr on July 28, 2020, in Sydney, Australia.
Interview
Racial Justice

“I Can’t Breathe” Is a Cry Well Known to Black Indigenous People in Australia

David Dungay Jr., a Black Indigenous man in Australia, also cried “I can’t breathe” as he died in police custody.
by
George Yancy,
Truthout
March 24, 2021
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President Joeseph Robinette Biden removes his aviator sunglasses in a very (president) Joseph Robinette Biden way in a photo illustration
News Analysis
Environment & Health

We Need an Interior Department Aimed at Environmental Justice — Not Destruction

The department’s role in facilitating oil and gas exploration on Indigenous lands has contributed to the climate crisis.
by
Mariko Lewis &
Mariama Sojourner Eversley,
Truthout
March 22, 2021
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Indigenous groups and opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project protest its construction across northern Minnesota on January 29, 2021.
News
Environment & Health

Enbridge Line 3 Pauses Work Temporarily

Nearly 50 percent of the controversial 337-mile pipeline has been completed despite several lawsuits.
by
Mary Annette Pember,
Indian Country Today
March 18, 2021
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Woman, pipeline workers and construction equipment in silhouette with trees and stacked pipes behind
News
Human Rights

Exploiting More Than the Land: Sex Violence Linked to Enbridge Line 3 Pipeliners

One toxic byproduct of pipeline construction has escaped public scrutiny: sexual assaults linked to Line 3 workers.
by
Candice Bernd,
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March 16, 2021
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Lance Whitehair (left), a Navajo doctor, and Bijiibaa' Kristin Garrison, a Navajo surgeon, pose for photos after receiving their COVID-19 vaccines at Northern Navajo Medical Center on December 15, 2020, in Shiprock, New Mexico.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Indigenous Nations Handle COVID as Federal and State Governments Fall Short

Tribal nations have implemented far more effective guidelines and policies than those used by the states they are in.
by
Lisa Hardy,
Gwendolyn Saul &
Kerry F. Thompson,
The Conversation
December 25, 2020
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