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Tohono O’odham Students, Elders Name Arizona’s Newest Wild Jaguar 
SAN XAVIER, Tohono O’odham Nation, May 9, 2024 — Students from schools on the Tohono O’odham Nation, as well as groups of elders and nearly 1,000 Tribal members, have voted to name the newest detected wild jaguar to enter the United States from Mexico. The name chosen is O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, which means “Jaguar Protector” in the O’odham language. (O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam is pronounced OH-shahd NOO-KOO-dum.)...
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 7:27am PDT
When Students Are a Shock to the System War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young. Appearing in TomDispatch...
Posted: Thu, May 9, 2024 12:05pm PDT
UAWC in Palestine Letter to Student and Youth Movements 
30 April 2024...
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 11:23pm PDT
GW Encampment Shut Down by Police; Students Arrested 
Pro-Palestinian student protesters and others at the George Washington University tent encampment were arrested after failing to leave university property in an early morning coordinated police action. Around 03:30 after having been warned to leave the university property and threatened with arrest for failure to do so, a coordinated police action by campus police and 500 Metro DC officers began clearing the area at University Yard (U-Yard)....
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 4:37pm PDT
New Anne Hillerman Mystery Novel: ' LOST BIRDS' 
From New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman, a thrilling and moving chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series involving several emotionally complex cases that will test the detectives in different ways....
Posted: Wed, May 8, 2024 9:10am PDT
Scenes from the Atlanta Forest: Warrant Canary Expired It has been more than 3 months (at time of writing, 95 days) since the canary was updated....
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 7:29pm PDT
Student encampments are the laboratory of our future 
Importantly, in the case of this student movement, it should not be lost on anyone that part of the reason it has been so easily attacked by ill-intentioned critics and demonized in the media and elsewhere is because it is largely composed of and led by people of color. Until we see racism through the prism of power, we will never fully get it....
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 12:48pm PDT
Food Empowerment Project Embraces Shared Leadership to Advance Justice and Equality (video/mp4 221.5MB) The new collective organizational model streamlines communication, nurtures creativity and drives more impactful initiatives...
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 8:18am PDT
GW President Calls for End to Protest; Students Vow to Continue 
Student protest leaders at George Washington University (GW) held an afternoon news conference today in the aftermath of an email letter sent out yesterday to the GW community from President Ellen M. Granberg regarding the ongoing campus encampment for Gaza protest....
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 5:55pm PDT
AHA Statement on 2024 Campus Protests 
Approved by AHA Council, May 2024...
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 3:56pm PDT
“Palestinian Embassy” Participates in Passport DC 
This year a Pop-up Palestinian Culture Street Fest/protest was held at the Embassy of Palestine on a crowded public sidewalk directly across the street from the Israeli Embassy. Today’s event included passport stamping, along with Palestinian arts, crafts and fashions for sale, free Palestinian food samples, as well as children’s activities and numerous protest signs and banners. Included, too, were handouts with information about Israel’s genocide taking place in Gaza...
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 2:52pm PDT
Second Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hawaiian Petrels From Dangerous Lighting at Maui’s Grand Wailea 
HONOLULU, May 2, 2024 — A coalition of conservation groups today filed a second lawsuit to protect Hawaiian petrels (ʻuaʻu) from dangerous lights used by the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Hawaiian petrels are protected as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 8:53am PDT
Gaza Student Protest at GWU Continues to Grow 
Students at GWU continue on with their protest and encampment as the university preppares to have them removed....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 5:47pm PDT
Anatomy of a Moral Panic The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 4:28pm PDT
CAIR Condemns House Adoption of Misleading Antisemitism Awareness Act 
May 1, 2024 - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight condemned members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted hours ago to approve a one-sided, and dishonest proposal about campus antisemitism that ignored anti-Palestinian racism and conflates criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 11:06am PDT
ACLU Condemns House Passage of Dangerous Bill That Would Chill Free Speech 
This Bill Would Falsely Equate Criticism of Israel with Antisemitic Discrimination...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 10:55am PDT
Environmental Journalism, a Most Dangerous Profession 
“One environmental journalist is killed every two days” is how Jon Sawyer Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, opened the first panel discussion ever on the dangers that environmental journalists face in doing their job. After war reporting, environmental journalism is the second most dangerous area for journalists to work in....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 5:49pm PDT
Escalation and Orientation Let's strive to deepen the political horizons of this moment as much as the tactics....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 4:29pm PDT
The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide 2024 Edition 
Buildings are easier to defend than outdoor camps AND they can be more disruptive. For anyone ready to escalate for Gaza, check out this re-issue of a text that has been used in previous movements....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 1:57am PDT