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Can a 鈥淔irewall Strategy鈥� Keep Big Energy Out of Climate Talks? It Worked for Fighting Tobacco

Kicking the polluters out of the negotiations may sound like wishful thinking. But there is a precedent: the global effort to regulate the tobacco industry.

Alexis Goldstein | Sep 20, 2014

Watch Out Wall Street, Climate Marchers Are Coming For You Next

A sit-in planned for the day after the People鈥檚 Climate March will call out the role of Wall Street in climate change.

Yates McKee | Sep 20, 2014

Climate

Stanford’s Coal Divestment: Meet 2 Students鈥擜nd 1 President鈥擶ho Made It Happen

The movement to persuade schools to divest from fossil fuels has taken off around the country. Meet a few people who helped get Stanford鈥檚 money out of coal.

Dana Drugmand | Sep 19, 2014

Most Social Change Groups Grapple with White Privilege鈥擝ut This Book Can Help

The work of activism is full of messy contradictions. In 鈥淭owards Collective Liberation,鈥� Chris Crass breaks down the influence of racism and patriarchy, including helpful how-tos鈥攍ike 鈥淭wenty Careful Steps Toward Anti-sexist Action.鈥�

Joshua Kahn Russell | Sep 18, 2014

Climate

Why the People鈥檚 Climate March Won鈥檛 Stop Climate Change (And 5 Ways to Go Further)

An incisive critique of the People鈥檚 Climate March comes with a list of ways to step up our game.

Quincy Saul | Sep 16, 2014

Citizens United

How Residents of a Rural New Mexico County Fought the Fracking Barons and Won鈥擣or Now

In Mora County, New Mexico, corporations seeking fracking contracts came up against 鈥渜uerencia鈥濃€攁 traditional way of thinking about and defending the land.

Nina Bunker Ruiz | Sep 16, 2014

Local economies | Citizens United

Kentucky Town Beats High Gas Prices鈥擝y Opening a Public Gas Station

Gas stations aren鈥檛 great for the climate, but the move is a step toward local control over economic decisions鈥攁 model that holds great potential for developing renewable energy in the long term.

Thomas M. Hanna | Sep 13, 2014

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Citizens United

The Senate Just Voted to Keep Big Money in Politics. Three Reasons to Celebrate Anyway

The fact that the issue reached the Senate floor is a huge victory for the American people, who overwhelmingly say they want something done about corporate influence in elections.

Fran Korten | Sep 12, 2014

Octavio Garcia and his brothers now manage their own 6.5 acres leased from ALBA. Photo by Nancy Porto / ALBA.

Jobs | Sustainable food and farming

Migrant Farmworkers Find Paths Out of Poverty Through Incubator Farms

Incubator farms help seasonal workers start their own businesses, where they get better pay and the support of a community.

Lisa Gale Garrigues | Sep 11, 2014

Jobs | Citizens United

A Wealthy Capitalist on Why Money Doesn’t Trickle Down

Nick Hanauer, venture capitalist and self-described 鈥減lutocrat,鈥� says a healthy economy and an effective democracy depend on a thriving middle class of workers.

Nick Hanauer | Sep 10, 2014

Jobs | Citizens United

Video: Inside a Miami McDonald’s on Strike

More than 400 workers and supporters were arrested on Thursday amid a nationwide wave of walkouts and demonstrations.

Sep 6, 2014

Sustainable food and farming

To Save Family Farms from Corporate Buyout, Retiring Farmers Connect with a New Generation

In the next 20 years, many American family farmers are likely to retire鈥攑utting enormous amounts of land on the market. Here's how they're connecting with young farmers to make sure the family farm survives.

Liz Pleasant | Sep 6, 2014

Citizens United

Obamacare Closed a Loophole for CEO Pay鈥擜nd Won Taxpayers $72M

The savings from 2013 alone could pay for dental care for 262,000 Americans for an entire year.

Marjorie E. Wood | Sep 5, 2014

Photo by Khakimullin Aleksandr / Shutterstock.

The Antidote to Mansplaining: Rebecca Solnit on Everyday Sexism and What We Can Do About It

Useful as it may be as journalistic shorthand, 鈥渕ansplaining鈥� is cultural bubblegum in comparison to Solnit鈥檚 actual body of work.

Valerie Schloredt | Sep 4, 2014

For Walkers and Cyclists, A Swedish Road-Planning Strategy Helps Save Lives

Utah, Minnesota, and Washington have seen traffic fatalities decline by 40 percent. Here's how they did it.

Jay Walljasper | Sep 3, 2014

6 Ways to Bring More Empathy to the Internet

We asked psychologists, user experience designers, and writers what web users could to do to promote more empathic interaction in online places. Here's what they said.

Jim McGowan, Liz Pleasant | Sep 3, 2014

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Citizens United

Should Your Town Have the Right to Ban Fracking? These Laws Will Have to Change First

Unless the legal foundation for local self-governance is truly built on the rights of communities, victories like the one in New York can easily be overturned.

Mari Margil | Aug 28, 2014