In today’s edition of Squirrel News, a supermarket uses interest-free loans to fight hunger, London artists help a community power itself, and Finland’s indigenous Sámi overcome an important human rights hurdle.
Indigenous Sámi of Finland overcome new obstructive law to human rights
The Sámi Parliament has successfully approved a divisive draft legislation that allows for their right of self-determination to be embedded in Finnish law.
New Indigenous abortion fund allowing justice on reproductive issues
Indigenous Women Rising runs the only abortion fund dedicated to Native Americans. It extends to Native people nationwide and provides abortion care that someone may need like paying for an abortion, transportation and lodging.
Endangered Blue Butterfly population increases fourfold
A once-thought-extinct butterfly in Willamette Valley, Oregon, has resulted in a cascade of conservation in the region – with positive unexpected benefits.