by Lois Gibbs | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Climate, Environment, Featured
Hear Lois Gibbs and other environmental activists talk about the EPA's rollback of environmental enforcement on People's Action Live. TOTAL refinery, Port Arthur, Texas. Photo credit: Hilton Kelley, CIDAInc.org / cc Our government just told polluters they are free to...
by Lisa Demaine | Feb 11, 2020 | Blog, Climate, Democracy, Election, Featured
This is it, folks! Tuesday’s presidential primary is our big day - when the people power our member-driven organization, Rights & Democracy (RAD), has built over the last four years will shine. We will show the nation what people power truly looks like, as we help...
by Gisele Hart | Feb 7, 2020 | Blog, Climate, Election, Environment, Featured, Protest
The world is literally on fire because of climate change, and the next President of the United States must take swift action to end our dependence on fossil fuels. That’s why, in New Hampshire, we challenge every candidate who wants our votes to sign our pledge to...
by Tobita Chow | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog, Climate, Economy, Election, Environment, Featured, Future of Work, Trade
Trump crows the “Phase One” trade agreement with China is a "promise kept" to his supporters to rebalance trade between the two nations. But it is really just a temporary truce in his trade war. This truce may not last long or deliver anything close to the outcomes he...
by Tom Conway | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Environment, Featured, Future of Work
Photo credit: CSB.gov / cc The March 2005 fire and explosions at BP’s Texas City, Texas, oil refinery killed 15 contractors and injured 180 other workers in ways that will haunt them forever. Some lost limbs. Others suffered horrific burns, head injuries or wounds...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Featured, Inequality, Infrastructure
Photo credit: FEMA / Wikimedia Commons / cc Fires are raging everywhere in California these days, and firefighters are having enormous trouble keeping up. Chronically understaffed local fire departments simply don’t have the resources to handle act one of what climate...