Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda marched on Capitol Hill in her last “Fire Drill Friday” protest, though she said on the event’s Twitter account that it won’t be her last climate change rally — just the last one in Washington “for a while.” The “Fire Drill Friday” protests — a weekly event organized by scientists, […]

For the past four months, the fight against climate change has gotten a boost from an unexpected source: Jane Fonda. Since October, the 82-year-old actress and political activist has organized weekly protests outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, to protest climate change and galvanize support for the Green New Deal and other proposed environmental […]

Every Friday for the last seven weeks, actress and activist Jane Fonda has held a rally and act of civil disobedience in front of the U.S. Capitol, calling for action on climate change. Each week she’s been joined by different celebrities, journalists, and activists. Previous weeks have seen actors such as Law & Order’s Sam […]

Clad in her signature red hat and coat, clenched fist raised high, Jane Fonda saluted the sea of chanting people who had gathered for her final “Fire Drill Friday” this week.

If it’s Friday, you’re probably reading a headline about Jane Fonda protesting climate change in Washington, D.C. — and that’s exactly what the 82-year-old actress wants. “There is a collective crisis, requires collective action,” the Hollywood star told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour back in October. “And so I decided to use my celebrity to try to […]

Growing up, I endured perpetual teasing for being a stickler for the rules. In high school, you would have never found me in a teacher’s classroom pleading for a confiscated phone or in the principal’s office profusely apologizing for cheating. Hell, I was the only student in my fifth grade classroom to have never received […]

On December 21st, Jane Fonda turned eighty-two, and it might have been her best birthday yet. Since October, Fonda has been getting herself and her celebrity pals arrested as part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of climate change, through acts of civil disobedience. Last Friday, on the eve of her birthday, she vowed […]