I have the honor of working with the First Nations Two Spirit Collective. We are a group of activists who identify as indigenous and are doing work in the queer community to create space for First Nations people.
AP | By GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 10.14.2011
GREENFIELD, Calif. -- Down wind-swept El Camino Real, where women in shawls push strollers and old men in cowboy hats linger on dusty benches, farmwor...
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 09.20.2011
Nourishing the Planet takes a look at five varieties of tree that you have likely never heard of, but that are helping to alleviate hunger and poverty and protect the environment.
Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 09.17.2011
On May 17, Causes.com highlighted an inspiring project by Amazon Watch. Today, a part of their effort has reached its conclusion, and they featured a ...
Kelly Nicholls | Posted 08.22.2011
Bowing to pressure, the Obama administration is pushing the FTA forward with little consideration of its potential impacts on marginalized and impoverished sectors of Colombian society.
Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 05.25.2011
Many of us live thousands of miles away from Brazil, Indonesia and the Congo Basin, where the last stands of tropical rainforests still exist. It's ea...
Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011
Israel and the United States are not one country. Being pro-Israel should not wield so much power that it becomes a principal issue in American elections.
Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.25.2011
In their new book, The Politics of Genocide, Edward Herman and David Peterson document the double standard used by the U.S. government, mass media and intellectual community in labeling particular events as "genocide."
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
As climate change becomes more evident, it's increasingly hard to push livestock keepers' rights aside. Governments need to recognize that pastoralists are the best keepers of genetic diversity.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.
The Guardian | Ian Cobain | Posted 05.25.2011
A British mining corporation is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast cop...
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
Already, thousands of our readers have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to endorse this message if you have not done so already.
Reporters Uncensored | Posted 05.25.2011
Our main topic this week will be corruption, within governments and multinational corporations. Corrupt practices are impacting the environment and devastating indigenous communities.
Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.25.2011
While the effects of free trade in Peru are horrendous, the good news is that people there are fighting back.
Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011
A win at the polls is crucial for Morales, but it is not likely to stop the growing tensions that have polarized the country and led to increasingly violent clashes between supporters on both sides.
Coya White Hat-Artichoker | Posted 04.09.2012