Why Sierra Club and All of Us Must Confront Racism

In the past week, our country and state have been gripped by protests fighting for justice, against structural racism, and against police violence that has killed countless human beings, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Now more than ever, we need our government to protect us all from threats like COVID-19 and climate…

From Earth Day to May Day: Show Solidarity with Workers, Immigrants, Tenants, Prisoners by Joining a May Day Action

This post written by Caroline Wooten, Organizing Director of the Illinois Sierra Club. May 1st is a time when we usually gather to celebrate the transformative and dramatic changes that organized workers have won throughout the decades: from ending child labor, to winning a 40 hour work week, to winning safety protections through the Occupational…