photo: Bunky Echo Hawk After recently joining twitter, I’ve realized the power of a well curated social media newsfeed. As the #NoDAPL movement continues and Native nations defend themselves against the Trump administration, hearing from Indigenous peoples themselves is the best source of news. If you have yet to finish the Standing Rock Syllabus, check…
“1-We are the people! 2-You can’t divide us! 3-We will not let you build this pipeline!” This chant echoed off the Bank of America, ringing out across downtown New Haven Friday evening as demonstrators assembled in opposition to President Trump’s recent Executive Order expediting the construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines. The event,…
by Dhiksha Balaji photo: India Water Portal We must account for the treelessness. Cyclone Vardah has uprooted more than 13,600 trees in Chennai, according to an early official count of the Tamil Nadu government. Some experts will tell you that it was, for the most part, only the trees that were never meant to grow…
Week one of Trump’s America has been a nightmare. It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a week, but it has, and the concept of 4 years seems impossible. To be completely honest, after 8 years of doing the bare minimum I wasn’t sure Congress even knew how to work properly. But they quickly…
A lot has happened in the short amount of time since the election and it seems that things we once knew as truths may be in jeopardy. From Donald Glover thanking black people and shouting out Migos during his Golden Globes acceptance speech to Donald Trump criticizing a civil rights icon, the post-election period has…