Analysis - Deceleration (Page 2)

ASLE 2025: Can Poetry Save the World from Extractivist Plunder and Climate Violence?

These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes—and that the Earth has a language that is archived by poetic thinking.

By Carolina Hinojosa

/ 15 Aug 2025

ASLE 2025: Can Poetry Save the World from Extractivist Plunder and Climate Violence?

ASLE 2025: Femme Friendship as Eco-Resistance—From Barton Springs Attack to Poland’s ‘Sister Rivers’

Amid rising attacks on trans people, ideas from ‘queer ecology’ can light the way toward an alternative environmental politics capable of honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beside and beyond our waterways.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 14 Aug 2025

ASLE 2025: Femme Friendship as Eco-Resistance—From Barton Springs Attack to Poland’s ‘Sister Rivers’

Punk Power, People Power: Las Hijas de la Madre are Perfecting Art as Resistance

As the Latinx feminist punk band drops singles and gears up to release a multifaceted album project, Deceleration takes a dive into the collective’s work and ethos.

By James Courtney

/ 9 Jul 2025

Punk Power, People Power: Las Hijas de la Madre are Perfecting Art as Resistance

From North Texas Heat Illness into Deadly Hill Country Flooding

The dark side of the Governor Abbott’s ‘Texas Miracle’ is manifesting in our bodies and shared disasters as heat and climate disasters increase.

By Caprice Capri

/ 7 Jul 2025

From North Texas Heat Illness into Deadly Hill Country Flooding

ARTS: ‘They Want to Kill Greta Thunberg’

A poem by Shelley Ettinger.

By Shelley Ettinger

/ 7 Jul 2025

ARTS: ‘They Want to Kill Greta Thunberg’

Guardian in the ‘Land of the Spirit Waters’

Cultural bearer Matilde Torres speaks with Deceleration about hosting community in cross-cultural ceremony at Brackenridge Park while safeguarding sacred spaces from a city hellbent on redevelopment.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 25 May 2025

Guardian in the ‘Land of the Spirit Waters’

Just Breathe: Breathe & Rise Collective Offers Healing Breathwork for the People

From childhood grief to the discovery of the power of breathwork in college sports, the backstory of Love’s journey to Breathe & Rise Collective offers encouragement for all who struggle.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 15 May 2025

Just Breathe: Breathe & Rise Collective Offers Healing Breathwork for the People

In ‘Urinetown,’ New Works SA Tackles Water Justice While Centering Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability

Students at New Works SA are able to process complex global realities preparing for ‘Urinetown’ while living the joy of an authentic theater experience that provides roles they can grow into.

By James Courtney

/ 14 May 2025

In ‘Urinetown,’ New Works SA Tackles Water Justice While Centering Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability

‘SUNAK’ (‘Awaken’) Music Video Release Celebrates Migration as a Birthright of All Beings

Ceiba ili’s new song, ‘Sunak,’ sung in Kotik and Spanish, has a buoyantly infectious flavor. Better yet: It is a jam with a message for our time.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 May 2025

‘SUNAK’ (‘Awaken’) Music Video Release Celebrates Migration as a Birthright of All Beings

How to Save Lives During This Coming Summer’s Heat Waves

After major cuts at FEMA and the National Weather Service, the role of local governments in protecting people from dangerous weather is growing even more important.

By Yale Climate Connections

/ 19 Apr 2025

How to Save Lives During This Coming Summer’s Heat Waves

Meet the Women Leading Us From ‘Overwhelm’ Into ‘Action’

Lesley Ramsey and Joyous Windrider Jimenez have made the health and wellbeing of people the root of their community activism. That and smashing stuff up.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 14 Apr 2025

Meet the Women Leading Us From ‘Overwhelm’ Into ‘Action’

Trump and the Insurrection Act: What You Need to Know Right Now

With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including refusal, resistance, and ridicule.

By Daniel Hunter

/ 5 Apr 2025

Trump and the Insurrection Act: What You Need to Know Right Now