Climate Justice: The Fight To Center Marginalized Voices
For many years, the mainstream environmental movement has been propagated by white, middle-class individuals speaking out against issues such as DDT in the 1960s and 1970s, and throughout the last century, the conservation of natural spaces in the face of industrial development. While these are important causes, and gains have been made in both areas, […]
How Defunding the Police Will Aid Climate Justice
Police in America Police killed over 1000 people in 2019, and 24% of these people were black, although black people only make up 13% of the population. The police force’s dark origin in America serves to remind us of our nation’s racist history, which pervades our society today through systemic oppression helped by the police. […]