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The gloves are on

At Third Act, we fight to save democracy and our planet; at the intersection of these two existential issues are workers and unions.

"Las Playas Son del Pueblo” carries with it a reminder to the government and private interests that our beaches and natural resources are not for sale."

“Earth or Death!”  — Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)

The fight against the militarized police training center dubbed “Cop City” is one of the great struggles of our time.

The Greens are a moderate, centrist party, reluctant to pander to any eruption of social conflict and more than cautious in its dealings with big business interests.

Forty-two years ago, North Carolina discovered that a company in the Northeast had dumped tons of polychlorinated biphenyls — PCBs, very cancer-causing carcinogenic substance — along the highways of North Carolina.

The new British monarch has not earned such a title, say climate activists from colonized nations

Unity between labor and environmentalists are forged by fighting for local projects, as well as broader initiatives. Many environmental justice groups believe working-class communities shouldn't have to shoulder costs of a crisis they didn't create.

Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning.