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Highlighting the sources of climate disruption and solutions to help cool our communities and the planet.
All in Climate
Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.
Energy generation, access, affordability, and the impacts our energy decisions on our health and security.
All in Energy
Governor Abbott promised lower bills without showing his work. So we asked researchers, organizers, and city leaders what to expect from deregulation in Austin, San Antonio, and beyond.
Examining the movements for and against individual & collective rights, state violence, war and militarism, genocide, and ecological stability.
All in Human Rights
Community organizers and local elected leaders join vigil outside 640,000-square-foot warehouse slated to house thousands amid growing ICE violence and deportation enforcement pushback.
Preserving, nurturing, and expanding grassroots democratic governance and resisting the forces of disinformation, authoritarianism, and white supremacy.
All in Democracy
Activists say federal agents dragged protesters across a barbed wire and used “extreme pain compliance” tactics.
With thousands of buildings torn down every year, nonprofits and city agencies are racing to record the stories attached to historic structures before they’re dismantled and sold for parts.
Animal and plant relatives, land protection, and the politics of public spaces, including efforts to rewild and protect half of our planet's lands and waters.
All in Biodiversity
Congress repeatedly shielded the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the border wall. Now, construction has begun—and an irrigation district lawsuit may be the only option left to buy time for lawmakers to act.
Book and film reviews, poetry, visual art, short fiction, and creative nonfiction in the service of regeneration and a thriving planet.
All in Arts & Letters
At a former Catholic convent chapel in San Antonio, Azul Barrientos and guests confront ICE violence, state brutality, and what persists in the midst of community unraveling.
A monthly newsletter from Gaige Davila about the growth coalitions industrializing coastal Texan and Mexican communities and those bravely refusing erasure.
All in Coastlines/Faultlines
Gaige Davila rounds up the latest news from the coast.
Everything you need to know about the operations of the deportation-industrial complex in Texas. A monthly Deceleration newsletter, written by Roxana Rojas.
All in ICE Watch
Plus: Mapping Flock cameras—and highlighting how they help facilitate the deportation industrial complex tearing our families and communities apart.
Water planning, scarcity, industry, and the right of all people to safe and affordable water.
All in Water
Indigenous activists and water defenders in Mexico are organizing to combat what they call “signs of planetary death.”
Commentary at the intersection of environment and justice from Deceleration's editors.
All in Deceleration Opinion
The efforts of communities who have canceled, rejected, or deactivated automated license plate readers have exposed these as authoritarian tools, both a symptom and a mechanism enabling this political moment.
Guest opinions from the broader Deceleration community.
All in Community Voices
A medida que las «crisis» climáticas afectan cada vez más a las zonas más prósperas de Estados Unidos, se extienden como una sombra sobre esta región fronteriza.
