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Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. Now Is the Time for a Social Movement to Rise
We can build a powerful people鈥檚 response to provide care in our communities and reshape the limits of what is politically possible.
The Women Who Welcomed Immigrants
A century ago, impoverished European immigrants got health care and practical help from the settlement house movement.
We Need to Talk About Privilege and the Coronavirus Pandemic
This is a call to look back at history so that we can determine a better way forward.
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.
Colonization and Coronavirus: Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Increasingly Vulnerable
A missionary group has purchased a helicopter with plans to contact and convert isolated indigenous groups in the remote Western Amazon.
Why Coronavirus Relief Needs to be Permanent
Sustainable examples of a new system are emerging.
3 Books to Give You Courage During Pandemic Anxiety
Leave the conspiracy theories for later and take heart from these plague novels about action and resilience.
Poets of Color Pave the Way for the Next Generation
Today in the U.S., a number of contemporary poets carry the torch of their work pushing for social change in their communities.
Meeting the Most Famous Black Woman in the World
Mary McLeod Bethune founded a college, defied the Klan, advised presidents, and like my grandmother, was a fierce warrior for justice.
Are Community Schools the Future of Education Reform?
鈥淚f we help them tap it, our kids have endless potential.鈥�
Harvard Students Connect the Dots Between Slavery and Prison
Students suing the Ivy League say rather than helping to dismantle the system of 鈥渉uman caging,鈥� the school is profiting from it.
Dismantling Food Colonialism in the Hopi Nation
Hopi leaders are restoring food sovereignty for the tribe鈥檚 2,500-square-mile reservation鈥攚hich has only two grocery stores.
Poetry at a North Carolina Biscuit Chain Brings People Together
For five years Biscuitville has observed Black History Month with poetry gatherings.
How Black Culinary Historians Are Rewriting the History of American Food
African American food culture is one of many aspects of African American identity that represents an unbroken line from Africa to present-day America.
On the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues, a Look Back at What Was Lost
The integration of Major League Baseball was a giant step forward in racial equity, but it also spelled an end to the era of the Negro Leagues.
Indigenous Blockades Don鈥檛 Just Decry Destruction鈥擳hey Affirm Life
By protesting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and blocking Canadian railways, the Wet'suwet'en resistance camp is asserting the rights of First Nations.
Sleepovers in Slave Cabins Are Helping to Create Healing Conversations
The Slave Dwelling Project creates transformational experiences for Black and White participants.
Uncovering Stories of Slavery Under Water
Diving With A Purpose is training Black divers to assist in the documentation and preservation of slave ship wrecks.
Meet the Women Challenging India鈥檚 Anti-Muslim Law
The leaderless sit-in demonstrations by Muslim women have continued around the clock for the last three months and are now being replicated in cities across the country.
For Returning Citizens, Success Begins with a Ride Home
A California-based program provides newly released long-term prisoners with a chance at a new life.
What Happens When a Person Is Deported?
A new guide provides resources to help those being returned to their countries of origin.
Truth and Reconciliation for Lynching Victims and Their Families
Maryland becomes the first state to consider recommendations for addressing its legacy of lynching.
12 Books to Read Instead of 鈥淎merican Dirt鈥�
There are many good books that capture the experiences of Latinx life. Most of them are written by Latinx authors and don鈥檛 reinforce stereotypes.
Meet the Abortion Clinic Escorts Shielding Patients From Harassment
The parking lot of a North Carolina abortion clinic is at the center of a battle between anti-abortion protesters and clinic escorts.
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