SMEA Professor Nives Dolšak and co-author and UW Professor Aseem Prakash recently published an article on Slate titled; The Dakota Pipeline Protests Should Think Big. The piece discusses the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and how protesters should turn the momentum into something larger. The article goes on to say “For Native American groups, DAPL protests provide the platform to initiate a social movement that asks basic questions about environmental justice and the rights of native communities in resource-hungry systems. For environmental groups, DAPL protests offer the opportunity to focus attention on the social and environmental costs of fossil-fuel addiction. If they work together, these groups could create a partnership that pervades beyond the Dakota standoff, and advance each other’s agenda in meaningful ways.” Read the full article here: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/11/how_the_dakota_pipeline_protesters_can_capitalize_on_their_momentum.html