activism

Adam Met on Movement Building and Music

By Tharin Pillay

Elizabeth Wathuti Is Planting the Seeds of Climate Action

By Anna Gordon

Ecuador Votes to End Amazon Oil Drilling

By Anna Gordon

These Climate Activists are Standing up to German Police

By Alejandro de la Garza
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Why It Matters That Montana Kids Went to Trial Over Climate

The ruling could have implications across the U.S.—and around the world.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Imagine if Hollywood Actually Made Realistic Climate Stories

“No matter what genre you’re working in, we’re still living in a world where climate is happening”

By Ciara Nugent

Matt Damon Wants You to Care About Water

For Matt Damon and Gary White, solving the world's water crisis has been a decades-long quest

By Alejandro de la Garza

Climate Groups Urge Major Banks and Asset Managers to Cut Ties With Russian Energy Companies

More than 75 climate nonprofits want banks put an end to financing, investing, and insuring Russia's coal, oil, and gas industries.

By ALASTAIR MARSH/BLOOMBERG

Millions Around The World Strike on Black Friday for Action on Climate Change

The protests are meant to raise awareness of overconsumption and demand action at the U.N.'s COP25, which begins in Spain next week

By Madeleine Carlisle

How My Dying Body Could Help Give Yours a Future

The neurologist tried to let us down easy, using tentative language. “I do see concerning signs of upper and lower motor neuron loss, which are indicative of ALS.”I stared at the ground, then put my...

By Ady Barkan

Greta Thunberg to Sail Across the Atlantic

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced that she will sail from Europe to North America in August, as part of a months-long climate tour around the Americas.The 16-year-old started a strike from school in...

By Suyin Haynes

Why InStyle’s Editor, Laura Brown, Decided to Launch a Series Celebrating Badass Women

'Being a badass is speaking your mind and showing up'

By Laura Brown

The Boss: Preethi Herman Is Helping Women Gain Equality Around the World

'Transformational change will not occur on its own'

By Preethi Herman

I Survived Hemorrhaging During Childbirth, But Some Women Don't

'We can, and we must, do something about this'

By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Poet Cleo Wade Shares How She Stays Inspired and Informed

'Art is important because you can’t change laws or policy without first changing hearts and minds'

By Cady Lang

How America Ferrera Has Continued Her Activism After the Women's March

The moment I stepped onto the stage in Washington D.C., the energy from the crowd was overwhelming, unlike anything I have experienced. I’ve never spoken in front of 1.2 million people before, and I didn’t...

By America Ferrera

Voting Is Good for Your Health, Study Finds

Voting isn’t just good for the country. A new study reveals that adolescents and young adults who are civically involved also tend to have better health.In the new study, published Tuesday in the journal Child...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Women Nationwide March to Protest Trump

Democratic women are turning their heartbreak over Trump's victory into political action heading into the midterms

By Charlotte Alter

#ChurchToo Urges Twitter Users to Address Abuse at Church

The #MeToo social media campaign against sexual harassment has spread to the church

By Casey Quackenbush

Activists Try to Turn Anti-Trump Protests to 9 Companies

And they're letting you email the CEOs and board members directly

By Charlotte Alter
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