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** When Love Means Fighting
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December 15, 2025
When I dream of home, I dream of rural Appalachian Ohio where my son was born and where I lived for most of my life. Southeastern Ohio taught me how to be in community. It showed me love in action from my favorite foraged mushrooms a neighbor would leave in baskets on my doorstep to the “snow day co-op” fellow single moms organized for childcare when school was closed.
But my home also introduced me to fracking. There was an injection well just up the road. Hourly, trucks carrying fracking waste rumbled past. I had friends who were arrested for standing up to defend those woods and hills which already carried a heavy legacy of coal mining. Others polled their resources to buy land and keep it safe from extraction.
In this installment of Justice This Week, we’re looking at how we defend what we love, from the pushback against destructive AI Data Centers moving into communities to the advancement of land justice.
Sometimes love means standing up and speaking out. Sometimes love means fighting.
Dr. Alison Stine
Climate Justice
Senior Editor
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How MediaJustice Is Leading Communities to Push Back Against AI Data Centers
by Myaisha Hayes
Artificial intelligence is touted as the innovation for the future, but poses significant risk to the health of our communities. MediaJustice advocates for communities nationwide.
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A Vision for Land and Liberation
by Emily Kawano
Land and liberation go hand in hand, but the work is not easy. In western Massachusetts, a movement is gaining ground and connecting to a national network.
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As Mayor, How Can Mamdani Advance Immigrant Wellbeing?
by María Constanza Costa
As a candidate, Zohran Mamdani lauded New York as a city “powered by immigrants.” Advocates are counting on Mamdani to convert sentiment into policy.
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What Is Land Justice? Nonprofit Leaders Share Their Answers
by Steve Dubb, Savannah Romero, Trevor Smith, Peter Sabonis, Olga Talamante and Nick Tilsen
What does advancing land justice require? In their responses, field leaders identify concrete ways to redefine the relationship between land, people, and the economy.
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