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How to Contact the 3 Dozen Banks Still Backing Dakota Access Pipeline Companies
Two banks have divested. Here are CEO names, emails, and phone numbers of the rest鈥攂ecause banks have choices when it comes to what projects they give loans to.
How Oregon Became the Easiest Place to Vote in America
Voters are automatically registered at the DMV, then can easily vote in elections by mail-in ballot.
3 Ways People鈥檚 Movements Snuck Into the First Presidential Debate
While many progressives might be missing Bernie Sanders, if you look hard enough, he was there Monday night.
What鈥檚 at Stake: Watch the Clinton-Trump Debate with 大象传媒 Magazine
Use the hashtag #HighStakesNov8 to live tweet the debate with us.
A Subzero Winter Is Coming to Standing Rock鈥擧ere鈥檚 Their Plan
The camps are preparing to keep the Dakota Access pipeline blockade going strong鈥攌eeping resolve firm, spirits high, and thousands of bodies warm.
The Other Housing Crisis: Finding a Home in Rural America
Thirty percent of rural Americans have substandard housing鈥攁nd it鈥檚 expensive. But these communities are finding ways to give low-income residents homes of their own.
A Strategy to Stop the Funding Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline
A key pipeline loan is still pending, and banks can be vulnerable to public pressure. We can fight alongside the Standing Rock Sioux at any one of 38 banks.
How You Can Support Standing Rock
This is your pipeline battle too. Whatever you have to offer, we need it. Wherever you are, take one step deeper. Find your voice. Find your own front lines.
A Mom鈥檚 Plea for Library Books Brought in 15,000鈥擜nd Transformed Her Small Town
Lit lovers from all over the country sent books to reopen the rural school library.
Will Historic Standing Rock Talks Change U.S.-Tribe Relationships?
The Department of Justice promised to consider nationwide reform in how the U.S. treats tribal land. Legal experts consider what, exactly, that might look like.
Climate Justice Meets Racism: This Moment at Standing Rock Was Decades in the Making
North Dakota鈥檚 militarized response to activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline鈥攁nd the Standing Rock Sioux鈥檚 fierce resolve鈥攔eflect the area's particular racial divides.
Tribes Redraw Land Boundaries鈥擶ith GPS and a Small Fleet of Drones
From the Standing Rock Sioux to the Wounaan in Panama, indigenous communities are staking claims to traditional territories even when they no longer possess ownership rights.
At Standing Rock, a Sense of Purpose: 鈥淭his Is How We Should Be Living鈥�
Protecting the water and sacred sites brought people here. The experience of being here is changing lives.
The Big Difference at Standing Rock Is Native Leadership All Around
Dallas Goldtooth, a veteran organizer of the Keystone XL fight, is amazed at the historic support from tribes at Standing Rock鈥攅ven tribes that rely on resource extraction.
Obama Pipeline Plot Twist Is Not a Victory鈥擜nd Could Erase the Struggle
The illusion of victory is a dangerous thing. We could undo what we have built at Standing Rock, this unprecedented act of Native American collective resistance.
For Thousands at Standing Rock, a Shocking Day After So Much Waiting
After the pipeline decisions, many at the protest site wonder whether future generations will look back on this as a turning point in U.S.-tribal history.
If Real Change Starts at the Bottom, Why Is the Green Party Focused on the White House?
Campaigns are a tactic, like protests and boycotts, and the trick is to use them wisely, not to prove how good you are.
Has Arizona Found a Solution to Gerrymandering?
Sixteen years ago, Arizona stripped state lawmakers of the right to draw electoral districts. Many lawsuits later, democracy is stronger鈥攊n some ways.
In Photos: Northwest Canoe Tribes Arrive at Historic Gathering at Standing Rock
Celebration and solidarity as hundreds of tribes unite behind the Standing Rock Sioux鈥檚 opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline.
Feds Step In, and the Big Win May Be for All Tribes Facing Pipelines
The Department of Justice promised 鈥渕eaningful tribal input鈥� on pipeline decisions and the protection of tribal lands, resources, and treaty rights.
How Obama Can Keep the Standing Rock Sioux Standoff From Turning Bloody
The Nixon White House managed three Indian occupations. There are lessons for President Obama there鈥攊f he would just pay attention.
Threat of Salmon Extinction Turns Small Tribe Into Climate Researchers
As glaciers disappear, fish are expected to follow. But the Nooksack tribe of Washington state has a plan to keep nearby rivers and streams cool.
In This Food Desert, Kids Learn to Farm Veggies鈥擮ut of the Back of a Truck
For the past year, the Food Literacy Project in Louisville, Kentucky, has sent its garden-on-wheels to local food deserts, connecting people to healthy eating and changing the lives of young people.
My Brush With Terrorism Helped Me Find My Courage
Sometimes it seems that the world is responding to violence only with violence, but there are other possibilities.
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