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 […]

Another Friday, another arrest at Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Fridays protest. The official Twitter page for Fonda’s climate change protests shared a video of Fonda’s “Grace and Frankie” co-star Lily Tomlin being arrested on the steps of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Friday. “@LilyTomlin was just arrested because forests can’t wait!” the account tweeted. […]

Following in the footsteps of her Grace and Frankie costars, Lily Tomlin is the latest to get arrested outside the Capitol during climate change protests led by her Netflix series counterpart, Jane Fonda. The arrest, which can be seen below, happened Friday during the 12th week of climate protests organized by Fonda. Tomlin was among […]

Jane Fonda, 82, is an award-winning actor and a longtime activist. She moved to D.C. for four months to launch “Fire Drill Fridays,” a campaign with weekly demonstrations to focus attention on the urgency of climate-change issues. You’ve been an activist for a long time. Can you talk about your first exposure to activism? I […]

The actress, who will turn 82 on Saturday, has avoided arrest in the past few weeks. Jane Fonda is back in cuffs after being arrested for a fifth time Friday in Washington, D.C., while protesting alongside other climate change activists. On what’s been dubbed “Fire Drill Fridays,” Fonda has been protesting every week since October, […]