Jimmy Tobias

Jimmy Tobias is a freelance reporter and frequent Nation contributor who writes about extinction, extraction, and environmental justice.

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

As nonviolent protests have spread throughout the country, the right-wing government and the mines’ security operations have responded with force.

Jan 14, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias

What Does it Take for One Small City to Vanquish an Oil Giant?

What Does it Take for One Small City to Vanquish an Oil Giant? What Does it Take for One Small City to Vanquish an Oil Giant?

Progressives in Richmond, California, trounced Chevron on Election Day, but the company remains a powerful local force.

Nov 21, 2014 / Cities Rising / Harriet Blair Rowan and Jimmy Tobias

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