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20 years. 20 days. 20 ways.

Staff Picks: resources for racial justice

Breaking the cycle of trauma: How my Judaism has taught me to support Palestine

Two things Biden can do now for environmental justice

Five global justice priorities for the Biden administration

Show Up, Fight Back: Envisioning a new social contract to build a just, equitable, and sustainable future

A look back on 2020

Old dog, new tricks? John Kerry needs to lead a total reform of U.S. climate diplomacy

Rejoining the Paris Agreement is a no-brainer – and only the beginning

Each other’s keepers: a case for Ugandan-U.S. solidarity

Vote, if only for someone who can’t

Inclusive democracy and electoral accountability: perspectives from women and young people

Defending Democracy

Democracy is about people’s power

Street protest might be what saves our democracy

Get ready to show up for democracy

We’re not alone: Lessons on democracy and authoritarianism from the rest of world

Show Up, Fight Back: unpacking dispossession, displacement, and duo economic and climate crises

A pivotal moment for the United States: my reflections from growing up during a civil war

Making a case for the postal service in the name of democracy

Take action for Juneteenth 2020

Climate Change and the Right to Food

As Global Hunger, Land Grabbing, and Climate Change Continue, Time to Look at Root Causes in our Agriculture Policies

Trump Nominates Monsanto Seed Producer and Biofuels Baron as UN Ambassador for Food Security and Agriculture

Bioenergy Is a False Solution for Communities and the Climate, and We Need Real Solutions for Rural Economies and Ecologies

Trump’s Racist Immigration Policies Ignore the Real Causes of Migration from Central America

Trump Announces Changes to Biofuels Policy, but only Big Companies Benefit

Industrial Agriculture is Destroying Rural Iowa and This is What It Looks Like

Biofuels Mandates Prop Up the “Get Big or Get Out” Model of Agribusiness in Iowa

Corn v. Oil: Missing the Big Picture on Biofuels

There Is an Alternative to Ethanol and Agribusiness in Rural America

There Is an Alternative to Ethanol and Agribusiness in Rural America

The Ethanol Effect

In the Fight Against Climate Change, “Renewable” Energy Isn’t Enough

Land Grab for Sugar and Biofuels Stopped in Tanzania

The Dirty Side of the Agribusiness Industry

Frozen or Failed? Sugarcane Project in Tanzania on Hold

The Problem With Biofuels Mandates

Swedish Police Investigate G8 New Alliance Biofuel Project in Tanzania