To Sunrise Movement cofounder Varshini Prakash and her fellow activists, the fight for a livable planet and the fight against racial injustice are the very same fight.
June 19, 2020We are deep in the age of disappointment on (as Donald Trump has only accentuated) an increasingly disposable planet.
June 18, 2020Despite, or perhaps because of, their own vulnerability to state-sanctioned violence, Black women have been key voices in the struggle to end it.
June 17, 2020America’s Other Independence Day
June 16, 2020Ruling Will Extend Far Beyond Employment Law
June 7, 2020In the past two weeks, everything has changed… and nothing has changed. Two weeks ago tonight, 46-year-old Minneapolis man George Floyd was alive, going through his Sunday night as any one of us do, unaware—as we all are—of what the next day would bring.
June 4, 2020Protests continued for a tenth day today in the face of ongoing police brutality. That statement is going to anger some readers, but hoo, boy, the images of the police attacking peaceful protesters and journalists are going to be in textbooks in a few years, and our great grandchildren are going to ask how on earth this happened.
June 3, 2020Military leaders past and present and all four former U.S. presidents condemn Trump's "troops on the ground."
June 2, 2020"I need to be clearer and louder in our community about what I believe our school is for. The purpose of our school isn’t simply to develop college and career ready students. I believe in my heart that developing citizens, with a clear and purposeful focus on social justice, is part of who we can and must be. But I need to say that and I need to say it loudly and publicly."
