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Veterans for Peace-Madison Chapter documentary screening (part of Midwest Catholic Worker activist gathering; click through for more info).

A dauntless advocate of Indigenous justice walked on with the passing of indomitable Water Protector and fearless Warrior Joye Braun. Joye was the National Pipeline organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN).

Prosecutions of Water Protectors in Aitkin County are seven times more likely to remain unresolved than other cases.

A Minnesota sheriff is using his office to avoid subpoena in an investigation into Enbridge funding police repression.

Autumn Peltier of Wiikwemkoong First Nation is a finalist for this year’s International Children’s Peace Prize.

Take a look at upcoming events in the Brainerd lakes area.

Harvard-educated economist, environmental activist, author, hemp farmer, and former two-time Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke will kick off the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Sept. 13 with “Restoring Indigenous Foodways in a Time of Climate Change: Lessons for the 8th Fire.” A Native American, she combines economic and environmental approaches to create a thriving and sustainable community for Indigenous populations across the country. ...

Droughts, like Minnesota’s last year, the worst in the past century, are more common. As are forest fires, and catastrophes of biblical proportions. It’s time to be a Water Protector, not hate on us. This year’s Water is Life Concert is Sunday, Sept. 4, at Bayfront in Duluth, with Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls, Corey Medina, Low and more.

"But...," the Woke Monster gasped, "I was ... just ... trying to teach the kids ... tolerance!"

From the column: "Oil and water do not mix. And, it turns out, we are wasting almost as much water as we use."