“Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within.” ― Ruha Benjamin

A Detroit Lakes food co-op and independent grocers like it show a resilient rural Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/04/r...

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a study identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability. (Published July 2025)

Prologue: A Crime in Plain Sight open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

New from @hcrichardson.bsky.social team. Celebrating history #250to250 #SocialSecurity youtu.be/6xyYRK2FOB8?...

Data center legacy: “higher electricity and water rates, a paltry number of new permanent jobs, and a host of unsavory environmental impacts, from the desecration of green spaces, erasures of wildlife habitats, and air and noise pollution.” prospect.org/2026/06/02/j...

"Wealth mistakes its height for permanence, and the fall always begins with a crowd." wendy664.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

Our latest newsletter is available online. Thanks for reading! democracydefenders.work/newsletter20...

activate your voice storytellers, poets & independent journalists wanted "We want you for the launch our new journal! Written work of any genre: Poetry: up to 5 pages Short Fiction or nonfiction: between 400-5000 words." panatrope.work

$$ on the table to sell out ordinary working folks & generations to come www.startribune.com/twin-metals-...

France floods Europe's grid with solar, pushing prices negative www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An organizer whose work I greatly admire just suggested this podcast & episode. I found it really valuable & wanted to share it with you: truthout.org/audio/public...

"'Do cool shit, and people will want to do it with you.' Simply trying to verbally disassemble other people’s efforts is not a worthwhile pursuit for most people" organizingmythoughts.org/declining-in...

In the 2024 election cycle, Elon Musk spent over $290 million of his fortune to help get Donald Trump and other Republicans elected. That’s only .04% of his net worth. When billionaires can spend huge amounts like that, it’s a problem for anyone who cares about our democracy.

Joining Robert Pilot, State Rep Heathere Keeler, Gina Peltire Board Chair of Mukwa, Rise and Repair Tribal Coordinator and Wendy ilot with our Scared Animal news. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkux...

Our latest newsletter is now available online. Thanks for reading! democracydefenders.work/newsletter20...

Read the John Lewis speech from the 50th anniversary of the Selma March www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/joh...

watch the recording from last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAVf...

Amplifying and supporting the work of the Tennesseans who are going to beat back this racist attack is pushing the moral arc of the universe toward justice and power-building. Choose your own adventure wisely, hear? #moresoon #Tennessee #Redistricting

We took to the streets in Montgomery, Alabama, for the National Day of Action in defense of our voting rights. We will not go back to Jim Crow maps. Black voters deserve to have our voices heard.

happening now: blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/

Thoughts for people living in safe blue cities and states: Alabama is the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. People bled and died for our right to vote. #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth 🧵

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “Trump is using the entire government as a slush fund. One of the most Unpatriotic & un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.” Trump is robbing us blind, with Republicans as accomplices, as the press shrugs. 🤷🏼 (From @meidastouch.com @pabloreports.bsky.social )

Many folks offering help: “No questions. No expectations. Just neighbors helping neighbors,” the operators of the food truck posted online. “To every person working long hours, protecting homes, helping families and keeping our community safe — thank you.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...