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Breanna Draxler

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Senior editor at @yesmedia covering climate and environmental justice & Indigenous sovereignty

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · Jun 10

T minus 30 minutes! Join me to talk about why climate movements are newsworthy and how best to cover them.

Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · Jun 7

Join CCNow and @soljourno.bsky.social on Tuesday, June 10, for a webinar that will help you cover climate movements thoughtfully and fairly. You’ll get to learn from journalists who have decades of experience covering climate change and movements to address it. ⁠https://buff.ly/JJDgkwI

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · May 9

Another progressive media outlet is closing its doors. :( I am grateful for the 5.5 years of solutions stories I got to publish at @yesmedia.bsky.social. I'm a talented editor, skilled and collaborative journalist, and I have great story sense. Please feel free to send leads or make intros!

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · Mar 31

So glad I got to edit @amalahmed.bsky.social 's powerful reporting for this story in @yesmedia.bsky.social. www.yesmagazine.org/political-po...

Activists Boycott Chevron for Fueling Genocide

The action is modeled on the successful global campaign against Shell in the 1980s for its role in apartheid South Africa.

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · Mar 27

Another excellent story reported by @peter-yeung.bsky.social, this time for our partners at Nexus Media News. www.yesmagazine.org/environmenta...

Seed Banks Buffer Central American Farmers Against Climate Change

Heirloom seeds can bolster the resilience of rural farming communities.

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Mar 24

🧵👇 THREAD: We knew President Trump’s second term would expedite the oppression of immigrants and other marginalized people.

His administration has publicly bragged about sending ICE to raid and terrorize immigrant communities, targeting both documented and undocumented people.

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Feb 24

The U.S. National Park Service has more than 85 million acres of land, created after the removal and exclusion of traditional communities. But Indigenous people say there’s a different way forward: returning these lands to those who have always called them home.

Ending National Parks

Returning national parks to tribal sovereignty could help remedy what is often called America’s “best idea.”

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · Feb 18

Don't let the overwhelm win! www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/20... @yesmedia.bsky.social for solutions

7 Ways to Rise Up Against Trumpism 2.0

Grassroots movements, legal organizations, and nonprofits are leading the opposition.

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · Jan 31

If you're wondering why freedom for Leonard Peltier is such a big deal, read this piece by Nick Tilsen of @ndncollective.bsky.social that I had the pleasure of editing for @yesmedia.bsky.social . www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2025...

What Leonard Peltier’s Freedom Represents for Indigenous Futures

Leonard Peltier’s release embodies the liberation possible through intergenerational organizing.

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · Dec 3

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