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Immigrants Like Me Experience Two Ends of the Climate Crisis

While my family lives under existential threat from catastrophic cyclones in Mozambique, immigrant communities in the diaspora, like mine in London, also have to face toxic air quality.

Nyeleti Brauer-Maxaiea | Nov 4, 2021

Activism | Climate

Every Fraction of a Degree of Global Warming Matters

鈥淭he climate crisis is here and with 1.2掳C bringing so much suffering already, fighting for 1.5掳C is already a compromise.鈥�

Mitzi Jonelle Tan | Nov 3, 2021

Three empty beach chairs on a beach in Southern California, and 3 oil drilling rigs鈥攐minous in the distance

Climate | Divestment

The Hidden Side of Fossil Fuel Investments: Private Equity

These investment firms face fewer disclosure and transparency rules. So their investors鈥攑ublic pension funds鈥攏eed to hold them accountable.

Michael McCann, Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer | Nov 1, 2021

Climate

Building a Beautiful Climate Future Starts with Imagination

鈥淚f we鈥檙e going to make the world over, let鈥檚 do it right. Let鈥檚 make a masterpiece.鈥�

Mary Anna茂se Heglar | Nov 1, 2021

Minimum Viable Planet | Climate

What Are the Trees Saying About Us?

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we listen to what nature has to offer in the conversation around climate solutions.

Sarah Lazarovic | Oct 27, 2021

Local economies | Indigenous lands | Pollution

Can Detroit Return its Brownfields to the Indigenous Sacred Sites They Once Were?

The destruction of burial mounds in Detroit paralleled the displacement and genocide of Indigenous peoples throughout the United States.

Anna West | Oct 25, 2021

Mental health

The Pursuit of Rest Under Capitalism

鈥淐ould it be that the fragmentation of our relations has been a fundamental cause of our exhaustion?鈥�

Gabes Torres | Oct 21, 2021

Activism | Wealth and inequality

10 Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Legacy Remains Strong

Occupy Wall Street gave the left ideas, skills, and a base in a way no one could have imagined a decade ago. The radicalization of a generation, the ability to easily explain class, the potential for mass nonviolent direct action, and crowbarring politics to let in socialist ideas and elected officials are all invaluable legacies.

Arun Gupta | Oct 20, 2021

Activism | Climate

Don鈥檛 Let Youth Climate Activists Like Me Burn Out

The COP26 meeting is an opportunity for world leaders to prove me wrong, to show us that they can act boldly on climate change and do more than make empty promises.

Sena Wazer | Oct 18, 2021

Climate | Minimum Viable Planet

The Climate Crisis Is Your Crisis, Too

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we look into sharing the climate crisis panic without having it backfire on you.

Sarah Lazarovic | Oct 15, 2021

Wealth and inequality

What the Pandora Papers Tell Us About Ourselves

We can鈥檛 talk about corruption and tax dodging around the world when we鈥檙e encouraging it at home.

Chris Winters | Oct 14, 2021

Women | LGBTQ+

What I Learned When I Came Out to My Asian Mother

鈥淲e all have a story to share, and I believe knowing someone鈥檚 story creates connection.鈥�

Kyoung Mi Choi | Oct 14, 2021

Native rights | Indigenous lands

Do Indigenous Land Acknowledgments Do More Harm Than Good?

If done right, they should be prompting uncomfortable conversations, not self-congratulations.

Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Lambert, Valerie Lambert | Oct 11, 2021

Climate | Minimum Viable Planet

What Does Rest Look Like in a Climate Crisis?

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we look into the restless mind, kept awake by the climate crisis.

Sarah Lazarovic | Oct 6, 2021

Wealth and inequality | Climate

How 9/11 Set Progressive Causes Back鈥攁nd How We Rebounded

The Bush administration used the attacks to label dissent and protests against international trade agreements as terrorism. Now movements have recovered their lost momentum.

David Korten | Oct 5, 2021

Indigenous lands | Climate

For Climate Solutions, Listen to Indigenous Women

Native women and women of color are the ones doing the work of surviving, recovering, and building resilience.

Grace Lynch | Oct 5, 2021

Exhausted by Toxic Politics? There鈥檚 a Way Forward

Research shows that polarized political discourse is actually addictive. We need a mass movement to break the cycle.

Peter T. Coleman | Oct 4, 2021

Climate | Minimum Viable Planet

More Care, Less Carbon

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the short-attention span sampler edition of MVP, featuring a few little and big things on my broken mind.

Sarah Lazarovic | Sep 29, 2021

Reproductive rights | Clean elections | Voter suppression

California鈥檚 Recall Election Is a Wake-Up Call for Democrats

If Tuesday鈥檚 recall vote in California passes, the Golden State will go the way of Texas, and Democrats will have only themselves to blame.

Chris Winters | Sep 13, 2021

Climate | Minimum Viable Planet

Judging Your Climate Impact (and Mine)

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Sarah wonders if everyone can see her judging others鈥� carbon footprints.

Sarah Lazarovic | Sep 10, 2021

Racial Justice

Why Empowering Workers Is a Form of Reparations

Slavery was the ultimate labor distortion. A crucial part in the discussion on reparations today should center on reshaping the labor relationship between employers and employees.

Joerg Rieger | Sep 8, 2021

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