The power of people against poverty
While natural resources can generate wealth, countries that depend on this wealth often suffer greater corruption, social unrest, and human rights violations. We believe people have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives.
StoryA representative of a prominent human rights and environmental organization in Ghana calls on the American Petroleum Institute to drop its court case to block the payment transparency provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act.
StoryCitizens of polluted city in Peru take their case to US Congress.
StoryA government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La Oroya is far from over.
StoryAmerican-owned Doe Run polluted this small mountain community for more than a decade. Now citizens are joining with Oxfam to hold the company accountable.
StoryAward-winning environmental leader Francisco Pineda on the fight to protect his country's land and water--and the high price of victory.
StoryConcerns about human rights violations and the environment in Guatemala lead indigenous communities to seek a suspension of mine operations in western highlands.