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A fire burns trees next to grazing land in the Amazon basin in Ze Doca, Brazil. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

by Osprey Orielle Lake
The lives of every future generation and our species as humans depends on the collective effort to generate new development models. Humanity has no Plan B for the Earth. Our fight is so urgent that we must all get together right now. The fight for Mother Earth is the mother of all fights.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"At a time when the federal government's job should be to help localities and states move faster toward cleaner energy and a cleaner economy, the government is walking off the field."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Something that's really common among young people is we just aren't given that platform. Now, Greta and millions of other kids are showing that we don't need it handed to us. We can fight for the platform."


Protesters gather in Westminster to protest against the government proroguing parliament on August 28, 2019 in London, England. Reaction to the UK Government's decision to prorogue parliament led left-wing commentator Owen Jones calling for a rally outside parliament this evening and a House of Commons petition against to reach 500,000 signatures within a few hours of its launch. (Photo: John Keeble/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"We're here because our democracy wasn't given to us as an act of generosity or charity by the people on top."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the planet could talk, it would be screaming in agony or weeping in despair. Maybe both."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In January, 57 percent of Democrats said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who backs a Medicare for All health system over expanding the Affordable Care Act. That number has now risen to 65 percent."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're putting our bodies and our lives on the line to try to save our territories."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The city of Phoenix dealt a decisive blow to the Koch Brothers on Tuesday when voters rejected a measure that would have banned any expansion of the city's light rail system.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot sit by and allow corporations, billionaires, and demagogues to destroy the Fourth Estate, nor can we allow them to replace serious reporting with infotainment and propaganda."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If net neutrality is not restored, the public will lose the ability to access sites, run small businesses, and tell the stories too often ignored by the mainstream media."

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