Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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It was my great pleasure to speak with three incredible women working towards climate justice. You can read the piece below:

Waging Nonviolence@wagingnonviolence.org · 4w ago

Three emerging feminist leaders have a vision for real climate action — and it starts with centering the voices of youth, women and Indigenous people. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/indi...

new for @insideclimatenews.org, I spent several days in Planada, #California, where people are known to shut themselves indoors during the summer and use bottled water or Brita filters out of their concern over dairy operations’ contamination of air and water insideclimatenews.org/news/0507202...

Dairy Farms’ Expansion Plan Worries California Families Who Once Had a ‘Little Piece of Heaven’ - Inside Climate News

The battle in the Central Valley is just one of many happening against dairy farms and new manure digester projects in the state. Farmers say they are trying to be better neighbors.

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If enacted, a new measure would invalidate scores of state and local standards regulating the production and sale of meat and dairy throughout the country. prospect.org?p=140603

Over the last decade, parts of Andhra Pradesh, India, have become global hotspots for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, or CKDu. More frequent and intense heat waves are behind this disease, which has become associated with male farmworkers. But for women, the threat is often overlooked.

Hidden Impact

For women working in India’s fields and factories, gender disparities heighten the risk of climate-linked chronic kidney disease.

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A U.S. activist was detained by the Philippine Army for 22 days after going to Mindoro to learn from Indigenous and peasant communities resisting extraction, militarization and state violence. @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.

"It Is Like Martial Law Here"

Activists are targeted in Philippines human rights violations and militarization.

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When languages go extinct, so does the ecological knowledge they contain. therevelator.org/extinction-l...

The Extinction of Languages Is an Environmental Issue • The Revelator

More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century — and with them we could lose vitally important traditional ecological knowledge.

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I write Defender — a newsletter about global environmental violence, human rights, and how I report on those issues as a freelance journalist. Today I shared my recent @inthesetimes.com story and wrote about the massacre on the Philippine island of Negros. Subscribe here: defender.beehiiv.com

Defender

Defender is a mostly monthly newsletter focused on global environmental violence, human rights and how I report on those issues as a freelance journalist.

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Dentist & journalist Zain Azhar documents how extreme heat is turning Pakistani farmworkers’ mouths into hostile environments for their own teeth: "This was environmental collapse writing itself directly into human biological systems." This story first appeared on @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.

When the Heat Steals Your Smile

After I suspected a climate connection to tooth decay, I conducted systematic saliva pH testing across my patient population and documented pH readings below 5.5 in 42 of my 73 climate-exposed…

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For @inthesetimes.com, I wrote about the abduction and military detainment of Filipina-American activist, Chantal Anicoche.

A U.S. activist was detained by the Philippine Army for 22 days after going to Mindoro to learn from Indigenous and peasant communities resisting extraction, militarization and state violence. @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.

"It Is Like Martial Law Here"

Activists are targeted in Philippines human rights violations and militarization.

inthesetimes.com

The criminalization of activism is not always as simple as an arrest at a protest. I obtained video footage that shows what really happened when a cop accused Nick Tilsen of attempting to run him over. 1/ drilled.media/news/tilsen for @drilledmedia.bsky.social

An Indigenous Activist was Accused of Trying to Run Over a Cop. Body Cam Footage Shows What Really Happened

Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective, spent nearly four years fighting felony charges that he says were politically motivated.

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From a forest in my home state of Karnataka. Tribal communities who were evicted to create a tiger reserve have reclaimed their ancestral lands even while their applications for legal forest rights remain pending with the state. A historic moment of assertion despite the state

Solidarity reporting is more truthful about issues placing people’s basic dignity at stake than “objective” reporting that defers to those who don’t know the lived truth of what’s at hand, @anitavarma.bsky.social says in a Q&A about her upcoming book. tinyurl.com/4cu64258

'All journalism advocates': Anita Varma on solidarity journalism

Anita Varma on her forthcoming book, Solidarity in Journalism, the limits of the advocacy vs. journalism conversation, and more.

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Last week was the 25th session on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Indigenous leaders talked about the staggering rates at which Indigenous land defenders are killed and threats to Indigenous people from AI infrastructure. ictnews.org/news/indigen...

Indigenous land defenders are being killed, and AI is scraping their knowledge - ICT

At the U.N., leaders confronted compounding crises of territorial violence and digital extractivism.

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"For Marind, hunger is...often described as a form of shame that “eats away” at a mother who cannot feed her children the foods that make them strong." Loved this piece on hunger & agribusiness in West Papua via @sciencepolitics.bsky.social sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/24/n...

Not All Hungers Are the Same - Science Politics

On the Papuan plantation frontier, industrial oil palm concessions are creating new ways of thinking about hunger: as a force that haunts, as a form of shame, as a source of anger.

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As Sudan’s war marked its 3rd anniversary in April, the country is now one of the most dangerous environments for the press. The RSF should provide proof of life and release detained journalist Muammar Ibrahim and other journalists in their custody. cpj.org?p=580505 #FreeMuammar #FreeMuammarIbrahim

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The Movement Media Alliance stands in solidarity with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has now been held in a Kuwaiti prison for over a month, denied regular access to legal counsel, and cut off from the public work that has defined a distinguished career in international journalism.

Movement Media Alliance Statement on the Detention of Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

The Movement Media Alliance stands in solidarity with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

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Delighted to announce that @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social's incredible @inthesetimes.com investigation, "The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders," was recognized by @sejorg.bsky.social. Read the full story here: inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists@sejorg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The results are in 🎉 We're proud to announce the winners of the 24th annual #SEJAwards for Reporting on the Environment, honoring the journalists whose work spotlighted our planet's most urgent stories. Read the full list: sej2026.org/awards#winners

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Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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Solidarity with the overwhelmingly immigrant workers at JBS in Greeley—around 80% are migrants, mostly from Haiti and Somalia—striking for wages that keep pace with inflation.

3,800 workers strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US

About 3,800 workers for the world’s largest meatpacking company began striking Monday. If they don’t get a new contract soon, already costly beef could become even more expensive for U.S. consumers.

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⚡️ “Small Children Who Knew Nothing of Politics or Wars” A scene of devastation in Minab, Iran, as parents waited to know the fate of their young daughters after the bombing of a girls' elementary school killed over 100. Report: Mahmoud Aslan for Drop Site News www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-minab...

“Small Children Who Knew Nothing of Politics or Wars”

A scene of devastation in Minab, Iran, as parents waited to know the fate of their young daughters after the bombing of a girls' elementary school killed over 100.

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On Feb. 4, the Philippines signed an agreement with the US on critical minerals at a US hosted summit in Washington. One subject not on the agenda, but that should be central to any accord between the US and the Philippines, is the welfare of the communities in mining and mineral processing areas.

COMMENTARY: The Philippines Government Should Ensure that the U.S. Thirst for Minerals Does Not Drive Abuses

On February 4, the Philippines signed an agreement with the United States on critical minerals at a U.S. hosted summit in Washington. The meeting was attended

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The largely immigrant workforce at JBS's flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions. Reporting by Ted Genoways for FERN and Mother Jones. Photography by Maryanne Andrei. thefern.org/2026/02/thes...

Extreme cold didn’t stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed out of work, & an estimated 50,000+ marched through downtown Minneapolis. @sarahlazare.bsky.social with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social reporting. #ICEOUT inthesetimes.com/article/minn...

U.N. experts say the world has entered an era of global "water bankruptcy" "For too long, we have been living beyond our hydrological means." @kavehmadani.bsky.social @unuinweh.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

'Water bankruptcy' — U.N. scientists say much of the world is irreversibly depleting water

With many rivers and aquifers tapped beyond their limits, UN scientists say the world is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy.'

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Indian enforcement authorities searched the Delhi home and offices of climate advocate Harjeet Singh and his partner Jyoti Awasthi, leading to Singh’s arrest before he was later granted bail. buff.ly/0NmVQHy

Four years ago, I spent months pitching a story about the increasing criminalization of protest in Europe with a focus on Italy. At the time, it was tough to find a home for this piece yet with every passing year, it has only become more relevant the world over. inthesetimes.com/article/no-t...