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Workers and Riders Align for LNS’ Transit Equity Day 2025

Workers and Riders Align for LNS’ Transit Equity Day 2025

Our annual Transit Equity Day featured people from around the country taking action for better, more reliable, and more equitable transit. Our livestream for the event also showcased many little-known local transit justice initiatives.

How to Take Transportation in the Right Direction

How to Take Transportation in the Right Direction

A diversified transportation system will not only reduce emissions faster, provide more mobility for more people, and lessen the burden of mineral extraction for batteries–but also stimulate millions of new, dignified jobs across the supply chain.

In Case You Haven’t Heard…

In Case You Haven’t Heard…

January 2025 was the warmest January on record, with average global temperatures of 3.13 degrees Fahrenheit (1.74 degrees Celsius) – significantly above the target set by the Paris Climate Agreement. 

A People-Powered Green New Deal

A People-Powered Green New Deal

Jeremy Brecher’s new book The Green New Deal from Below is hitting the media. Watch a Rutgers LEARN webinar about the book.

LNS Spotlight: Martina Manicastri

LNS Spotlight: Martina Manicastri

Each issue of Making a Living on a Living Planet we feature a member of the LNS network. This time it’s LNS’ new Young Worker Organizer Martina Manicastri.

Workers Rally to Protect California Communities

Workers Rally to Protect California Communities

Mass mutual aid operations, demands for disaster preparedness, and calls for climate readiness are just a few examples of the working class responding to the climate catastrophe brought by the extreme Santa Ana windstorm and devastating wildfires on January 7th in Los Angeles.