The water protectors protesting Line 3 are risking their lives while their efforts go underreported by national media. Here is how to support them. The Line 3 pipeline is a controversial oil pipeline expansion currently under construction in Minnesota. The Canadian company, Enbridge, that proposed this expansion was also responsible for the largest inland oil...
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Earth Day: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
BIPOC are at the forefront of fighting to save our lives, land, and resources from the devastation of colonialism. Here is our Earth Day reading list. Earth Day is often used as an opportunity to place the weight of the Earth’s rapidly changing climate on individuals. If we recycle and do beach clean-ups and water...
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Humans Are Not The Virus—Don’t Be An Eco-Fascist
Eco-fascist rhetoric finds its roots in white supremacy and xenophobia, specifically because the human life that it disregards is that of BIPOC. Humans are not the virus. We are not a sickness or a disease, and y’all should stop singing this tired refrain as we are all reeling from the global Coronavirus pandemic. With several...
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The United States War with Iran is a Reproductive Justice Issue
The reproductive justice framework necessarily compels us to be anti-imperialist. By Lily Bolourian The framework of reproductive justice tells us that when we are looking to plan our families and choose our destinies, we have the inherent “human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have...
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Part One: Black-Owned Urban Farms in Atlanta
In this three-part series, we will showcase Black-owned urban farms in all their glory from three different regions of the U.S. With Amazon lowering prices at Whole Foods Market, we know many of us have been excited to add organic fruits and vegetables to our diet. Eating organically should not require a hefty bi-weekly paycheck,...
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These Muslim Groups are Caring for the Environment as Part of Their Faith
Muslims are not only concerned about the environment but actively working to protect it all around the world. Today is World Environment Day, a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate nature by creating awareness of environmental concerns. In an era when President Trump has declared his decision to pull out of the historic...
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If You Care About The Environment, Then You Should Care About Black Lives
The majority of black communities are microcosms of all the environmental injustices white environmentalist claim to oppose. In honor of Earth Day, I propose that we remind some white activist, or, perhaps, inform them for the first time, that the environmental justice movement and movement for black lives intersect one another. They’re inseparable, actually. Said more...
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What Donald Trump’s Presidency Means for Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Two days after Donald Trump was elected to the American Presidency, the Washington Post ran an article reporting, “North America is awash in warmth and there are no immediate signs of significant winterlike weather on the horizon.” It was the third-warmest October on record, and that warmth continued into November. The timing didn’t feel like a coincidence. Trump’s election...
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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery: Modern Day Slavery in India
Contrary to popular opinion, slavery did not end with abolition in the 19th century. The practice still continues today in one form or another in every country in the world. It is easy to assume that slavery only exists today within war-torn, impoverished countries, but that could not be further from the truth. The International...