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“The Puerto Rican Love”: Life on the Island After Maria

December 6, 2021

In this conversation about Puerto Rico, climate crisis, leadership, and critical knowledge from communities of color, Cyndi Suarez speaks with a beloved environmental leader in Puerto Rico.

Health and Wealth: An Integrated Approach to Climate Justice

By Deeohn Ferris

December 6, 2021

To meet the present moment and achieve a more just future for all, we must embrace the interconnectedness of our challenges in ways that energize community-based solutions.

A Decade In, Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Become Mainstream: What Now?

By Steve Dubb

December 6, 2021

With Harvard and the Ford Foundation exiting from fossil fuel stocks, divestment is clearly now mainstream. How will this affect prospects for climate justice?

Report Exposes the Fallacies of Black Criminality

By Anastasia Reesa Tomkin

December 2, 2021

Founded on discriminatory practices and policies, discourse surrounding criminal matters—from courtrooms to news reports—is rooted in the unconscious or conscious belief that Black people are more prone to criminal behavior.

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CLIMATE JUSTICE

Relatives, Not Resources: Applying an Alaska Native Lens to Climate Sovereignty, Economic Justice, and Healing

To engage in true climate justice work, we must materially and spiritually heal our severed relationships to the land and each other. We must all take accountability and turn to Indigenous leadership to help us remember how to practice economies of care and compassion.

ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY

REIMAGINING SYSTEMS

Oaxxanda: An Afro-Futuristic Vision for East Oakland

In Oakland, a Black arts collective has decided that to avoid displacement, they must own the property where they live and work. And they intend to achieve exactly that.