What Historic Infrastructure Investments Look Like When Grassroots Organizations Take the Lead
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law promised equity, good jobs, and climate resilience. Two years later, we’re making progress.
Category: Climate Change
When Climate Disasters Strike, Guaranteed Income Programs Could Help People Recover Quicker
Organizers on the ground in New Jersey and Florida where people have been displaced by extreme weather events are working to identify solutions for helping people recover following storms.
The Jackson Water Crisis Proved Again that Environmental Justice is Racial Justice
Let’s call it what it is: Generations of environmental racism. It’s time for voters to demand lawmakers prioritize a baseline of clean water, proper sanitation and clean air for all families no matter their ZIP code.
It’s Not Just Another Heat Wave
We need more policies that address our global climate emergency, especially for those in poverty who are at the highest risk of losing their lives.
We Must Treat Climate Change as a Racial Justice Issue
The climate is warming—and Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American communities continue to bear an outsized share of the burden caused by global warming. The regions with the most cancer-related…
Puerto Ricans Fleeing Island May Change Florida’s Political Landscape
Florida is home to over 1.13 million Boricuas, 70% of whom tend to vote Democrat. This is why coming November, Boricuas who previously lived on the island but were unable…
Climate Voters Ready to Vote in November
As a young child living in Colombia I lived through an earthquake. I am thankful to have been far from the epicenter of the shake in a well constructed structure,…
Voting to Make Florida’s Environment a Priority
Water is life. And in many ways, it is what defines Florida. As a first generation American whose family came from Iraq, a nation with critical environment-related threats to human…
Young voters in Florida state why they are voting this November
I’m speaking to voters at a candidate forum for young voters in Miami on why the November 2018 elections matter to them. Check them out. Be inspired. Let’s unite the…
Florida voters gather at Netroots Nation to unite the vote
I’m at Netroots Nation along with hundreds of political activists who are passionate about creating stronger communities for all. I took this opportunity to ask my fellow activists from Florida…