by Jessica Juarez Scruggs | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Election, Protest
My name is Jessica Juarez Scruggs, and I recently joined the Sunrise Movement and a courageous group of young Kentuckians who took over the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to demand he stop playing political games and take real action to address our...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 13, 2016 | Climate, The Trump Swamp
The two latest Cabinet nominations announced by President-elect Donald Trump are the equivalent of a middle finger to the planet. It would be almost impossible to come up with a more offensive combination of epithets shouted in the face of those of us who care about...
by Judith LeBlanc | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Democracy
Sunday’s announcement that the federal government will not approve a permit for a segment of the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Standing Rock territory in North Dakota was a landmark environmental justice and Native tribal sovereignty victory. That victory,...
by LeeAnn Hall | Oct 28, 2016 | Climate
The fight to protect the Missouri River by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is a fight for justice for all of us. The Native-led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline is the largest show of unity and grassroots power in our history, and a key moment that we cannot...
by Miles Mogulescu | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Election 2016
For anyone who cares about climate change, I have a simple message—If you’re thinking of casting a protest vote for Gary Johnson, fugetaboutit. And if you have friends, family and associates who are thinking about voting for Johnson (or Stein, or not voting) do...
by Sarah Jaffe | Sep 29, 2016 | Climate, Democracy
The first sign that not everything is normal as you drive down Highway 1806 toward the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota is a checkpoint manned by camouflage-clad National Guard troops. The inspection on Sept. 13 was perfunctory; they simply asked if we knew...
