Jane Fonda: A Lifetime of Activism

September 29, 2023

Jane Fonda has been many things: an actor, fitness guru, and mother, but through it all, her activism has remained her true calling. For decades...

Youth Activists 15 Years Later

August 4, 2023

From the climate movement’s earliest days, young people have been actively pushing older people in power to own up to their failings and work...

Law and Oil: Taking Climate Offenders to Court

July 7, 2023

The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for...

Two Heroes Challenging the Powerful

May 19, 2023

Making the necessary changes to address climate disruption will take massive collective action. But sometimes, a single individual can make an...

Get Up, Stand Up: What Actions Move the Needle?

May 5, 2023

From the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, activists have long sought to bring pressing issues into the public...

Rewind: Saket Soni on the People Who Make Disaster Recovery Possible

June 16, 2023

As human-driven global warming amplifies the frequency and potency of natural disasters, we are increasingly dependent on one group of workers who...

The Fight Over Pipelines

September 3, 2021

Canadian company Enbridge is building an oil pipeline from the Alberta tar sands through Minnesota to the Wisconsin border. The new pipeline,...

Vandana Shiva and the Hubris of Manipulating Nature

July 30, 2021

What are the limits on how much humans should meddle with the natural world?  Vandana Shiva is an eco-feminist, activist, editor, and author who...

Journey of a Former Coal Miner

May 14, 2021

Nick Mullins is a former fifth-generation coal miner from Clintwood, Virginia and creator of the blog, Thoughts of a Coal Miner. Growing up, his...

Power Shift: Jamie Margolin and Dorceta Taylor

October 30, 2020

How does power shape our climate and our future? For young activists, speaking climate truth to power can be daunting when climate change is here...