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Highlighting the sources of climate disruption and solutions to help cool our communities and the planet.
All in Climate
'State regulators, state legislators were so caught off guard at the speed at which these hyperscale data centers showed up in all of our communities almost simultaneously,” said New Mexico state Rep. Sarah Silva.
Energy generation, access, affordability, and the impacts our energy decisions on our health and security.
All in Energy
As new neighborhoods are built in Texas, residents don’t always know they are living on top of old oilfields.
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
In Deceleration's new podcast, our newsletter correspondents take on rising authoritarian abuse and climate breakdown while collectively dreaming the worlds we want.
During 'Global Donut Days 2026,' people across the planet gathered to explore how we can humanity's needs while staying within the planet's already straining ecological limits.
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
The loss of a child and a mother's search for meaning drives deep into the metaphysical power of space—and gets a talking-to—in a new film raising funds for the Big Bend Conservation Alliance at screenings in San Antonio and Fort Worth this month.
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
If resistance efforts fail, San Antonio appears poised to become the central hub for Trump’s deportation machine in Texas.
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.
