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Earth Week NYC saw climate activists deftly pivoting from IRL to digital actions. Here’s a look at how they did it.

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And what can be done about it?

The police’s violence comes as no surprise. Violence and oppression is built into the police’s origin story, and violence will continue to define policing unless serious changes are made.

Volunteers look to change the world but the agency’s practices have been debated for decades ...

ALEC puts people in for-profit jails, prevents gun laws, and stops action against climate change—all from inside locked hotel conference rooms.

Climate change activism has a whiteness problem and a class problem.

With the brutal death of Alexey Navalny, there’s a lot of pain, anger, and despair on the Internet. I’m talking about normal people, not moral monsters, scoundrels, and prostitutes — and people feel ...

My sleeping conditions are ideal for a penguin. I like it icy cold. Unfortunately, I radiate heat like a bear, and my wife likes all the covers, so even with the A/C on high, I melt at night. No ...