Controversial Oil Pipelines Shut Down as a Result of Protests and Environmental Work
Recent weeks have seen a major victory for environmentalists and activists across the country, as the construction of three major fossil fuel pipelines came to a halt. For many Americans, this news came unexpectedly, as much of the public discussion about these controversial pipelines had been completely forgotten in the wake of other recent crises.
Environmental Intersectionality Illuminates a Complex Climate of Protest
Protests currently embroiling cities across the U.S. were ignited in resistance to current structures and systems of oppression that have been locked into social, political and economic landscapes for centuries. Instances of racial injustice aren't the result of a few bad apples, but rather a product of a system designed to produce discrimination.
Could Black Lives Matter protests lead to a second wave of coronavirus?
As Black Lives Matter protests continue across the United States, the potential spread of coronavirus has become a point of national attention. According to The New York Times article “George Floyd Protests: A Timeline,” protests against racism and police brutality have been organized in at least 140 cities and in all 50 states across the country.