Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot to lift up in 2021’s racial justice gains. More than 20 cities adopted some kind of #DefundPolice policy following the George Floyd Protests in 2020. These shifts included removing cops from public schools, replacing school officers with unarmed peacekeepers from the community, redirecting city funds to mental…
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When We Organize, We Win
Editor’s Note: This week, three major fossil fuel pipelines were stalled, stopped, and shut down: the KXL, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, and the Dakota Access Pipeline. This is a testimony to the millions of people who stood up at Standing Rock, in Nebraska, and along the many thousands of miles impacted by these pipelines. It…

“This Is Why We March” + Treaty Defenders
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Recent polls show that US citizens now support police reform in overwhelming numbers. “This is why we march,” said Black organizers in response. Organized action propels change. It’s certainly encouraging for many interconnected social justice movements that have been pushing for change for a long time. In the photo above, a Treaty…