Vlad Tchompalov
Voices for Justice
Stories of local and national leaders fighting for social justice and the Earth.Â
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Walmart, Victoriaâs Secret, and even Whole Foods have used US prison labor to keep their production costs down. Are those workers being exploited?
By Sytonia Reid
By Sytonia Reid
Whether the events of 2020 have inspired you to activism or if youâre a lifelong advocate, when you raise your voice, you can change the world.
By Mary Meade
By Mary Meade
How urban gardening is regenerating L.A.âs soilâand community
By Sytonia Reid
By Sytonia Reid
Produce sold in US stores are picked with care by a largely immigrant farmworker force. The work is hot and exhausting, and too many farms cut corners on worker health, safety, and wages. But workers are showing farms exactly how they can improve.
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
Color of Change is a giant community standing up for racial justice in the US. We talked to a senior campaign director about how economic justice connects to civil rights.
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
As we work toward Drawdown, itâs critical to address the impacts of climate change in communities of color, which are often hit âfirst and worst.â
By Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACPâs Environmental and Climate Justice program
By Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACPâs Environmental and Climate Justice program
Photo credit Brittani Flowers via Wikimedia Commons.
Note: This interview is from an article in published in the Fall 2007 issue of Co-op America Quarterly, now called Green American.
Dr. Robert D. Bullard is Ware professor of sociology and director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center atâŠ
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
The Rev. Dr. Jim Antal leads 375 congregations. He's also a climate activist.
By Martha van Gelder
By Martha van Gelder
Native youth run to draw attention to the impacts of pipelines on water supplies.
By Eleanor Greene
By Eleanor Greene
Catherine Coleman Flowers fights for water and sanitation justiceâand against unequal, racist enforcement of sewage laws.
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
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We have had many big breakthroughs recently. Major companies across all industries are changing -- proof of the power of consumer pressure. We are witnessing how our economic power is truly changing the world for good and towards a simpler, more sustainable way of living. We are winning and we are opening doors for more businesses to go green.
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Trader Joe's needs to answer for its poor labor and climate practices and lack of transparency. Join us in holding them accountable!
We're asking Carter's to adopt a strong, public chemical management policy that will protect workers and consumers, starting by disclosing what chemicals are being used in its supply chain. We also want Carter's to develop plans to restrict/replace the most toxic chemicals with saferâŠ
Millions of garment workers around the world are out of work, risking starvation. AND some are even being denied wages for work they completed months ago. Big, multibillion-dollar corporations, like Walmart, Kohlâs, and The Childrenâs Place, are refusing to pay for their clothesâŠ
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Black history is rich with connections to the natural environment, from the sustainable maroon communities that sprang up in the Carolinas and Florida, to the Great Migration and search for nature near urban spaces, to the modern environmentalâŠ
Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) recently introduced their much-anticipated framework for a Green New Deal. The accompanying resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives calls for massiveâŠ
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