Land, Labor & Extraction

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Miami Beach looks to shutter Bikini Hostel for providing lifeline to homeless residents

Alexandra Martinez
Miami Beach looks to shutter Bikini Hostel for providing lifeline to homeless residents

This Missouri collective builds ‘parallel systems’ to support unhoused neighbors through mutual aid and anarchist principles

Hope Davis
This Missouri collective builds ‘parallel systems’ to support unhoused neighbors through mutual aid and anarchist principles

Groundbreaking bill to protect manoomin incorporates Indigenous lifeways and teachings into Western legal framework

ray levy uyeda
Groundbreaking bill to protect manoomin incorporates Indigenous lifeways and teachings into Western legal framework

In NYC, the fight for rent stabilization continues

Dana Edwards
Two women look out of a window of a building where they rent apartments.

SCOTUS case will determine the fate of bedrock environmental regulation

ray levy uyeda
SCOTUS case will determine the fate of bedrock environmental regulation

Elon Musk has built the world’s largest supercomputer in Memphis. Residents are fighting back against the exploitation of the city’s resources

ray levy uyeda
Elon Musk has built the world’s largest supercomputer in Memphis. Residents are fighting back against the exploitation of the city’s resources

After a decade of government opposition, a groundbreaking, youth-led climate suit comes to a close

ray levy uyeda
After a decade of government opposition, a groundbreaking, youth-led climate suit comes to a close

Without access to vital day habilitation programs in Massachusetts, disabled people face dangerous health declines

Michaela Quigley
Without access to vital day habilitation programs in Massachusetts, disabled people face dangerous health declines

Trump’s move to dismantle Department of Education sparks concerns over impact on civil rights and student support services

Alexandra Martinez
Trump’s move to dismantle Department of Education sparks concerns over impact on civil rights and student support services

In North Carolina, Trump administration’s anti-climate deregulation agenda comes to a head

ray levy uyeda
In North Carolina, Trump administration’s anti-climate deregulation agenda comes to a head

Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal

Alexandra Martinez
Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal

In the face of empty promises, Baltimore residents take on environmental injustice in their communities

Lorena Bally
In the face of empty promises, Baltimore residents take on environmental injustice in their communities