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A U.S. Flag flaps in the wind as the Shady Fire impacts structures along CA-12 on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 in Santa Rosa, California. | Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Captain Trump wants to steer us straight onto the rocks. This election is humanity’s last shot to prevent utter climate catastrophe.
Activist outside the Congress demanding a vote to pass "The Green New Deal." | Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images
In this op-ed, a first-time voter and Bernie Sanders delegate at the D.N.C. says young people must push the Democratic Party to prioritize the climate emergency.
Demonstrators from several environmental groups including Extinction Rebellion and Sunrise Movement demand broad action at a youth-led climate strike near City Hall on December 6, 2019 in New York City. | Scott Heins/Getty Images
The burgeoning youth climate movement is poised to help create a new Democratic coalition that centers climate policy and pushes the party to take bold action.
People marching during the Oakland teacher strike. | Image from "City Rising: Youth & Democracy"
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This third season of the “City Rising” series will demystify the role and work of youth organizations in California, demonstrating how young people are organizing their communities to participate in public policy and make lasting change.
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With over 1,000 official cultural and historical landmarks in the City of Los Angeles, only about 100 relate to people of color, women, and Native Americans.
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