Farmer and activist Leah Penniman, who runs Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York, calls herself an abolitionist. While food justice may seem unrelated to abolition, Penniman sees them as intimately ...

Though the ceasefire was one of United States President Joe Biden’s last acts in office, critics point out that he could have pushed for such a deal a year ago. But Biden refused to act, allowing ...

This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate-fiction contest produced by Grist ...

And to think that we were once called the Isle of Beautiful Waters… . In a way, we have taken a path that has led us away ...

Sutter Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York, calling for an end to police violence on public transit and demanding ...

Kolhatkar: When we look at the results of the People’s Budget surveys, people were happy to designate a mere 1.64 percent of the entire city’s budget to police, which is quite remarkable. As an ...

This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate-fiction contest produced by Grist Magazine. Imagine 2200 asked writers to imagine the next 180 years of equitable ...

On a Wednesday summer evening on the Rosebud Reservation, members of the Siċaŋġu Nation arrange 12 tables to form a U around the parking lot of a South Dakota Boys & Girls Club. The tables at the ...

I’ve been incarcerated for the majority of my life, spending more time in prison than in society. It’s where I grew up. I was arrested at the age of 23, and I’m now going on my 35th year of ...