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Issues

When the Climate Crisis Hits Home

Climate change is altering not only the environment, but also the way we think about the place and concept of home.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Aug 16, 2022

Issues

Building Community by Buying Nothing

鈥淚t鈥檚 like a radical new economy, except of course it鈥檚 an old economy that has been around forever.鈥�

Lornet Turnbull    |   Aug 10, 2021

Opinion | Health & Happiness

Hiking as Medicine

With a body weakened by chemotherapy, flat, low-elevation hikes have become my new obsession.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jul 23, 2021

Health & Happiness

How a Seattle Neighborhood Confronted Food Insecurity in the Pandemic

Seattle鈥檚 square-mile neighborhood of South Park has turned its early pandemic community supports into a sustainable system tackling food insecurity.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Mar 29, 2021

Opinion | Democracy

Coming to Terms With the Gruesome Truth of Who We Are

Watching hopes for a strong repudiation of Trumpism fade on election night forced me to take a long, hard look at this adopted country of mine.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Nov 4, 2020

Social Justice

Forward: Solutions from Immigrant Journeys

Why migration?

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jul 7, 2020

Social Justice

Cities Reimagine Public Safety Amid Calls to #DefundPolice

Lawmakers across the country are proposing policy measures to cut or loosen ties to traditional policing.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 11, 2020

Social Justice

7 Ways Protesters Showed Up for Black Lives

Amid the outpouring of outrage over George Floyd鈥檚 killing, are glimpses of solidarity and hope around the world.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 2, 2020

Issues

A Square Mile of 鈥淩eady for Anything鈥�

鈥淲hen you have humans and you have heart, you鈥檙e pretty much used to doing what you have to do to make things happen.鈥�

Lornet Turnbull    |   May 8, 2020

Social Justice

Social Distancing Is Not an Option for People in Prison and ICE Detention

Families recount painful conversations with loved ones inside detention centers and join advocates demanding action that detainees be protected against spread of the coronavirus.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Mar 23, 2020

Health & Happiness

Facing COVID-19 With Community Instead of Fear

As the coronavirus spreads anxiety and panic across the globe, people are finding ways to share information and support each other.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Mar 10, 2020

Issues

Beyond #MeToo, 3 Movements Making a Difference for Gender Equity

New attention on gender inequality is inspiring new movements and energizing existing ones.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Feb 19, 2020

Issues

A Vision for Civil Liberties

Lornet Turnbull    |   Feb 19, 2020

Social Justice

What Happens When a Person Is Deported?

A new guide provides resources to help those being returned to their countries of origin.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Feb 4, 2020

Democracy

Five Ways to Empower Voters Now

From reinstating voting rights of those with felony convictions to helping people obtain IDs, grassroots and state-level efforts are making it easier to vote.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Oct 16, 2019

Social Justice

Gun Violence Research Matters. Here鈥檚 Why

Private and individual donors鈥攁nd recently a few states鈥攈ave been stepping into a federal funding void to finance gun violence research.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Oct 1, 2019

Social Justice

What Abortion Bans and Easy Gun Access Have in Common

Where gun access gets easier and abortion access gets harder, women pay the price.

Lornet Turnbull, Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz    |   Aug 28, 2019

Social Justice

Five Years After Ferguson Uprising, Still Seeking Justice and Healing

On the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown鈥檚 death, his family and the town of Ferguson look to the past鈥攁nd future鈥攖o bring about meaningful change.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Aug 9, 2019

Why 鈥淩adical鈥� Travel?

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield, Lornet Turnbull, Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz    |   Jul 31, 2019

Social Justice

The Increasingly Complicated Map of Abortion Rights

In 2019, legislators in seven states expanded abortion rights while some states moved to restrict or ban them.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 27, 2019

Social Justice

How This Database Is Tracking and Exposing Officers鈥� Bigoted Facebook Posts

It鈥檚 found more than 5,000 racist, sexist, and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 26, 2019

Social Justice

How Colorado Halved Abortion and Teen Birth Rates

The decline is happening across the country, and it鈥檚 about more than just contraceptives.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 5, 2019

Issues

Why Young Jews Are Detouring From Israel to Palestine

Some are using Birthright trips to draw attention to the Israeli occupation, its policy of oppression, and the call for a two-state solution.

Lornet Turnbull    |   May 28, 2019

Social Justice

How Grassroots Funds Are Ensuring Abortion Access Despite Bans

Reproductive rights advocates in the Southeast are working nonstop to help low-income women.

Lornet Turnbull    |   May 16, 2019

Trump鈥檚 National Emergency Creates a Real Border Crisis鈥攆or Families, Wildlife, Protected Lands

Immigration advocates and environmentalists say the real crisis is the border wall the president wants to build.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Feb 16, 2019

Social Justice

Grandmothers Bring Food and Comfort to Asylum-Seekers at Bus Stations

Each day at Greyhound stations across the nation, families released from detention and traveling to sponsors鈥� homes find grandmotherly help.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Dec 17, 2018

Social Justice

How You Can Help as Migrant Caravans Arrive at the U.S. Border

These are steps you can take right now to assist the refugees, who have risked everything to escape extreme poverty, gang violence, and political instability at home.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Nov 15, 2018

Health & Happiness

Kids in the Classroom Can Help Single Moms Rise from Poverty

Educators across the country are adopting a policy to allow children in classes, and allowing more student parents to stay in school.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Oct 25, 2018

Social Justice

What Is the Real Cost of Mass Incarceration?

The documentary 鈥楳ilwaukee 53206鈥� depicts the toll of the prison epidemic on families and entire communities.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Oct 24, 2018

Economy

For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless

A mostly female crew constructs a village of emergency shelters in north Seattle, and finds camaraderie along the way.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Aug 17, 2018

Social Justice

Lawyers Turn to Activism as Civil Liberties Come Under Attack

A new generation of social justice attorneys has risen to defend against the hard-line policies of the Trump administration, from immigration and abortion access to voting and gender rights.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Aug 6, 2018

Issues

To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold

The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jul 13, 2018

Democracy

Caravan of Grandmothers Heads to Mexico Border

The group leaving from New York will onboard other 鈥済rannies鈥� and allies along the way to support migrating families.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jul 9, 2018

Issues

Granny Flats Offer One Solution to Housing Affordability Crisis

These smaller homes are an easier, faster way to build more housing, but zoning restrictions have kept them illegal in many cities.

Kevon Paynter, Lornet Turnbull    |   Jul 2, 2018

Democracy

Immigrant Farmers Revive Dormant Greenhouse to Grow Food From Home

At a small farmers market south of Seattle, you鈥檒l find varieties of ethnic vegetables unlikely sold in your typical supermarket.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 29, 2018

Democracy

Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Muslim Travel Ban

The decision reverses a series of lower court decisions that had struck down previous travel bans as illegal or unconstitutional.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 26, 2018

Democracy

Scholastic Under Fire for Children鈥檚 Book Portrayal of Trump

Parents and teachers aren鈥檛 angry over what the new book says about the president, but rather what it leaves out.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jun 14, 2018

Social Justice

Protected by a Church Nearly a Year, Colorado Woman Helps Draft a 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Resolution鈥�

She and three other women are working to address the specific gaps in immigration law that led each to where she is now.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Apr 27, 2018

Social Justice

What You Learn from a Life Surrounded By Troublemaking, Kickass Women

Why Planned Parenthood鈥檚 Cecile Richards believes that now, more than ever, women are the most important political force in America.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Apr 18, 2018

Democracy

Two-Thirds of Americans Live in the 鈥淐onstitution-Free Zone鈥�

Recent Greyhound bus raids have revealed an obscure law that gives Border Patrol authority 100 miles inside borders, across the entire perimeter of the country.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Mar 23, 2018

Democracy

High School Students Demanding Gun Reform Join Rich History of Teen Resistance

As activists, youth have not always been visible. But past social justice movements show how effective they can be.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Feb 23, 2018

Democracy

One College鈥檚 Shift to Training Social Justice Activists

At a time when many young Americans are seeking avenues for change in their communities, more schools are offering degrees in social justice.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jan 31, 2018

Social Justice

The Unexpected Significance of a Shithole Comment

Perhaps the president will grind his base down to the smallest nubbin of a demographic. Polls show his numbers are dropping.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jan 12, 2018

Environment

The Irma Diaries: Hurricane Irma Survivor Stories Should Be a Climate Change Wake-Up Call

The series of deadly hurricanes that churned their way through the Caribbean in September 2017 could be a glimpse into a future of unprecedented weather for the region, a new author writes.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jan 8, 2018

Democracy

Trump鈥檚 Planned Visit to Civil Rights Museum Triggers Boycotts

A tone-deaf choice to honor civil rights leaders: Trump is supported by the KKK and refused to denounce white supremacists after Charlottesville.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Dec 8, 2017

Democracy

Reproductive Freedom Depends on Where You Live. How Does Your City Rank?

Cities are playing a crucial role in protecting reproductive rights as federal and state governments grow more restrictive.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Nov 13, 2017

Democracy

Opioid Addicts Get Compassion. Crack Addicts Get Mass Incarceration

Communities are scrambling to save lives and get people into rehabilitation, but it wasn鈥檛 always that way.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Oct 27, 2017

Social Justice

Trump Kills DACA, Obama Hits Back, and DREAMers Try to Hold on to the Lives They鈥檝e Built

Trump鈥檚 repeal of DACA has DREAMers and their advocates vowing to fight back and scrambling to find Plan B.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Sep 5, 2017

Issues

6 Places Resisting Fear With Compassionate Defiance

Sanctuary city policies can only go so far. The real job of creating welcome and safety falls to ordinary people.

Lornet Turnbull    |   May 11, 2017

Democracy

How to Help Immigrant and Muslim Neighbors

People are turning their frustrations with the Trump administration into actions that make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable community members.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Feb 3, 2017

Democracy

How Oregon Became the Easiest Place to Vote in America

The state registers voters automatically at the DMV and then sends them ballots in the mail.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Sep 29, 2016

Democracy

麻豆社事件 Diversity in the Workforce Starts With Education

A Seattle-area school aims to better prepare Black and Latino students for careers in math and science through its unique program.

Lornet Turnbull    |   Jul 14, 2016

Democracy

National Parks Are Used Mostly By Older White People. Here鈥檚 Why That Needs to Change

With its history of segregation, the Park Service has had a rocky relationship with race. But if youth of color don鈥檛 connect with the outdoors, who will be its future stewards?

Lornet Turnbull    |   Apr 22, 2016