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Mutual Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene

A self-described "climate refugee" deals with the devastation of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina.

| Oct 11, 2024

Rare-Disease Patients Know: We All Deserve Better Care

Often forced to become experts on their own treatment, rare-disease patients are modeling the collective care and mutual aid networks that can help ensure everyone's long-term survival.

Samantha Puc | Oct 7, 2024

The Communal Kitchens Fighting Famine in Sudan

Most international aid groups evacuated Khartoum when the fighting began and haven鈥檛 returned, so locals are finding ways to feed one another.

Rawh Nasir | Aug 2, 2024

Surprising Solidarity in the Fight for Clean Water and Justice on O鈥檃hu

After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military鈥檚 Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability.

Libby Leonard | Feb 19, 2024

Community Care After the Maui Wildfire

The people of L膩hain膩 are helping each other recover and design a future that is more sustainable for the land and its people.

Libby Leonard | Sep 27, 2023

Where Mutual Aid Comes to Its Own Assistance

Amid police crackdowns on mutual aid efforts around housing, many activists are finding support in each other.

Shane Burley | Mar 20, 2023

Social Connections Save Lives During Climate Emergencies

鈥淚f we鈥檙e not looking out for each other and helping each other, giving each other a hand, no one else is gonna do it.鈥�

Yvonne S. Marquez | Dec 21, 2022

Group of diverse disabled people celebrating

New Book Says It鈥檚 Time to Move Beyond Disability Rights and Embrace Disability Justice

鈥淭he Future Is Disabled鈥� by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha moves much-needed conversations on disability and mutual aid into the spotlight while pushing readers to confront their preconceived ideas about who belongs in the future.

Anna Hamilton | Nov 3, 2022