Activists on Chicago’s Southeast Side were on a month long hunger strike to protest the opening of a scrapyard in their area, another instance of environmental racism negatively impacting the health of this predominantly Latinx & Black neighborhood.
Tag: Activism
Art Activism and Human Rights: A Bay Area Perspective
Art, especially public displays, has been a major influence in the Bay Area’s history of social justice and reform.
Who Defends the Defenders?
The already precarious security situation for Colombian human rights activists is being exacerbated by the country’s COVID-19 lockdown measures.
The Escazú Agreement: Promise Made or Promise Kept?
Eight years ago, representatives from 192 states met in Rio de Janeiro to discuss the world’s environmental future and left with a series of promises. This conference, hosted by the United Nations, was a follow-up to the first international convention on environmental development held in the same city in 1992. One of the most significant…
