Climate crisis poses life-and-death threat to people with disabilitiesClimate crisis poses life-and-death threat to people with disabilities

Climate crisis poses life-and-death threat to people with disabilities

September 18, 2019

“It’s time to recognize climate change as a disability rights issue” was the headline for an article by Tiffany Yu,…

Reforestation:  Cuba leads the wayReforestation:  Cuba leads the way

Reforestation: Cuba leads the way

September 18, 2019

Before 1492, what is today the United States had about 1 billion acres of forests. From 1600 on, at least…

Indicting the Pentagon as climate criminalIndicting the Pentagon as climate criminal

Indicting the Pentagon as climate criminal

September 18, 2019

Why is the vast global movement that focuses on the imminent crisis facing the planet -- the climate crisis --…

Labor and climate activismLabor and climate activism

Labor and climate activism

September 18, 2019

The prevailing myths about U.S. workers and the organized labor movement — that labor and climate action are in conflict,…

How climate disaster impacts oppressed peoplesHow climate disaster impacts oppressed peoples

How climate disaster impacts oppressed peoples

September 18, 2019

The following excerpts are from a statement the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network prepared for its summit meeting in Whitakers,…

GM strikers ‘shut it down!’GM strikers ‘shut it down!’

GM strikers ‘shut it down!’

September 17, 2019

On Sept. 15, one minute before midnight EDT, production ground to a halt at all General Motors facilities across the…

Reparations for Bahamian climate refugeesReparations for Bahamian climate refugees

Reparations for Bahamian climate refugees

September 17, 2019

The callous, white-supremacist response of Trump to the plight of tens of thousands of Bahamians was recently recognized by one…

600 cops defend 24 white supremacists from 200 anti-racists600 cops defend 24 white supremacists from 200 anti-racists

600 cops defend 24 white supremacists from 200 anti-racists

September 17, 2019

A white supremacist rally that occupied one side of the town square in Dahlonega, Ga., was attended by about two…

70 arrested in NYC demanding ‘close the camps!’70 arrested in NYC demanding ‘close the camps!’

70 arrested in NYC demanding ‘close the camps!’

September 17, 2019

Hundreds of people demanding the closing of detention camps on the U.S.-Mexico border joined in an energetic protest that began…

Philadelphia demonstrators protest Greyhound, say, ‘Evict ICE’Philadelphia demonstrators protest Greyhound, say, ‘Evict ICE’

Philadelphia demonstrators protest Greyhound, say, ‘Evict ICE’

September 17, 2019

Around 50 people gathered at the Philadelphia Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Sept. 14 to demand that Pomegranate Real…