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Today dozens of labor leaders, activists, and organizers came together to pay tribute to the frontline workers we’ve lost as a result of COVID-19. Here is the entire tribute which featured the debut o...

I’m giving you a sneak peek at what will be discussed at my Fire Drill Friday rally tomorrow at 11am PST. The relationship between white supremacy and the climate crisis is important to understand. Un...

Lots of great reading lists circulating right now – these are some of the books that have helped me: “Between the World and Me” and “We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy” both by Ta...

People have asked me a lot in the last week what I mean when I say that I benefit from white privilege. Part of understanding the current protests over the murder of George Floyd and the degree of pai...

  In May of 2018, I made this speech at the United State of Women conference in Los Angeles after which I introduced Patrisse Cullors.  Patrisse is the co-founder of Black Lives Matters, a NYTime...

In its call for a Week of Actions, today, The Movement for Black Lives is demanding divesting from the police and investing in Black communities. In support of this demand, I want to tell you about wh...

My heart breaks for what’s happening, for the pain and grief and rage caused by George Floyd’s murder. And grief for his family. I beg people reading this to understand that his murder is ...

I have a new book coming out on September 8th, called “What Can I Do? My Path From Climate Despair to Action,” published by Penguin Press in the US and by HQ Stories in the UK. I love this...