Mississippi is one of the top 15 states with major book bans in schools.

Mass incarceration of people of color, prison conditions, polluted water, and an increase in the use of isolation are just some of the reasons for prison reform including in Mississippi.

Mississippi is among the US states that still allows the death penalty, which is banned in every other western industrialized country, including by nitrogen hypoxia and fire squad.

With some of the weakest gun laws in the country and a high percentage of household firearm ownership, Mississippi has the highest rate of gun related deaths in the nation.

Nitrate-fouled water from concentrated animal feed operations in Minnesota causes a host of medical problems and water pollution.

In a national trend to reduce protections for children, Minnesota wants to allow 16 and 17 years old to work on construction sites.

Black and Indigenous pregnant Minnesotans have long faced more health disparities than their white counterparts.

Heavier rains and a rise in black flies makes nesting more challenging for the common loon putting them at great risk.

The Boundary Waters’ million+ acres of pristine forest, lakes, and streams are under constant pressure from mining and development.

Michigan is one of the top 15 states with major book bans in schools.

More than 17 percent of the children in Michigan live below the federal poverty line.

A Canadian oil company is trespassing on tribal land in Michigan owned by an Ojibwe group.

Michigan ranks fourth in the country for the distribution of the white supremacy propaganda.

Michigan doesn’t legally recognize the second parent in adoption cases for LGBTQ+ people putting the children and families at risk.

Massachusetts ranks second in the country for the distribution of the white supremacy propaganda.

The smallest and most endangered sea turtle in the world, the Kemps’ Ridley, is also the most common turtle found cold-stunned on Massachusetts bayside beaches.

Plastic pollution, which carries toxins that harm people too, is killing Massachusetts’ ocean wildlife including sea turtles, whales, seabirds and fish and destroying once pristine coastal environments.

Massachusetts has among the strongest gun laws in the country and one of the lowest rate of gun deaths.

The Connecticut River suffers from habitat loss, water pollution, disconnection and undersized road stream crossings challenging fish and other wildlife.

Restoring timber wolves to the Western slope would provide immensely positive ecological, economic, and social opportunities for Coloradans, the overall ecosystem, and the wolves themselves.