"They made applications with no restrictions on the warehouses. When we talked to the city council. They ignored us and laughed at us." - Leo Macias

"The growing “bio-economy” is based on control, manipulation and commodification of life… things like microbial factories that are producing industrial food products, that will make fuels and pharmaceuticals, seeds and now even species.” —Gopal Dayaneni

"These diesel trucks are going to go in our neighborhoods, regardless if you're in Bloomington, Jurupa Valley, Fontana. These warehouses are going everywhere.... The beauty of this environmental justice struggle that we’re all fighting is that we’re not alone.... the beauty of it is getting the people together. We don't got money, but we got that p…

w/ Prof. Richard Wolff Sonali Kolhatkar

Sonali Kolhatkar Troy N. Miller

Preeti Shekar interviews Zakia Afrin from Maitri and Bindu Oommem Fernandes from Narika

The Aarey Forest has been on the frontlines of a battle between environmental/indigenous activists and the State since 2014, the narrative offers a moment of possibility towards a different future.

Emma Claire Foley -- member of the Research and Policy team at Global Zero Sonali Kolhatkar -- Journalist, Author, Senior Editor @YesMagazine, Host/Exec. Producer @RUWithSonali, Senior Correspondent, Independent Media Inst

Preeti Gamzeh interviews veteran radio journalist and author Sonali Kolhatkar on her new book Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice.

Preeti Shekar interviews Nigerian feminist scholar Amina Mama, chair of Gender and Women's Studies at U.C. Davis and a former board member of the Global Fund for Women.

Excerpted here are the voices of young activistas who redefine what it means to be part of the new majority as women of color.

"Gender constructions themselves are racialized. Our overarching notion of what is a good man and what is a good woman, are based on white people being good people and people of color being bad people."

"So here I am! I get to be around all the kinds of people I like and enjoy, and who inspire me, motivate me, and make me happy. But I am also the poorest, the brokest, I’ve been in my whole life. In the beauty business, I made money because I was really good. This is a challenge, but I made the sacrifice and I’m probably the happiest that I’ve been…