activism

The Masungi shooting: Our environment is in danger, and so are its defenders

Last week, two of Masungi Georeserve’s rangers were shot by unidentified assailants. It’s terrifying, but not surprising

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Find rest and freedom through these blank journal and postcard sets

Looking for Juan, a local souvenir shop, has released a blank journal and a postcard collection that want to help you get some *actual* rest and reflect on what it truly means to be free

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OPINION: The gov’t’s response to the community pantry movement? Policing and bureaucracy

“This anti-people, bureaucratic response to the grassroots movement is telling of a systematic failure on the part of the government.”

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LIST: Community pantries, where they are and how to help

Food is a basic human right, and these community pantries have stepped in to keep people from falling between the cracks

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OPINION: The politicization and radicalization of caring

If you care about something, that’s great. If you care about something to the point that you’re willing to fight for it, it gets dangerous

The UP-DND accord just got terminated. Here’s why that matters

The chilling effects go beyond just allowing state forces to enter UP’s campuses when they please

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2020 in review: Social issues we may have forgotten, but shouldn’t

Yes, all these things happened in the last year. Yes, we need a drink

OPINION: The PNP says there won’t be reforms. It’s true—it needs a complete overhaul

Our moment of reckoning is over. It’s time for action

OPINION: On the list of the government’s priorities: celebrating Marcos’ birthday as a local holiday

In the middle of a pandemic and a billion-peso health service scandal (among other bad…

Activists experience burnout, too—and it’s called compassion fatigue

Only the most apathetic can turn a blind eye to the reality of society’s injustices…